diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/llmq-chainlocks.py b/qa/rpc-tests/llmq-chainlocks.py
index cdb76ad74a497..2086b0d15c381 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/llmq-chainlocks.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/llmq-chainlocks.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def wait_for_chainlock(self, node, block_hash):
         while time() - t < 15:
             try:
                 block = node.getblock(block_hash)
-                if block["chainlock"]:
+                if block["confirmations"] > 0 and block["chainlock"]:
                     return
             except:
                 # block might not be on the node yet