diff --git a/domain/consensus/consensus.go b/domain/consensus/consensus.go
index 1edf2bc769..79f01d0ed3 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/consensus.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/consensus.go
@@ -190,7 +190,12 @@ func (s *consensus) ValidateTransactionAndPopulateWithConsensusData(transaction
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = s.transactionValidator.ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea, transaction, model.VirtualBlockHash)
+	virtualPastMedianTime, err := s.pastMedianTimeManager.PastMedianTime(stagingArea, model.VirtualBlockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = s.transactionValidator.ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea, transaction, model.VirtualBlockHash, virtualPastMedianTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/domain/consensus/model/interface_processes_transactionvalidator.go b/domain/consensus/model/interface_processes_transactionvalidator.go
index 679bf157ed..a7c8d9adda 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/model/interface_processes_transactionvalidator.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/model/interface_processes_transactionvalidator.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 type TransactionValidator interface {
 	ValidateTransactionInIsolation(transaction *externalapi.DomainTransaction) error
 	ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea *StagingArea, tx *externalapi.DomainTransaction,
-		povBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error
+		povBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash, povBlockPastMedianTime int64) error
 	ValidateTransactionInContextAndPopulateFee(stagingArea *StagingArea,
 		tx *externalapi.DomainTransaction, povBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error
 	PopulateMass(transaction *externalapi.DomainTransaction)
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/blockbuilder/block_builder.go b/domain/consensus/processes/blockbuilder/block_builder.go
index 041454abb0..fa31b1dfda 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/blockbuilder/block_builder.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/blockbuilder/block_builder.go
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ func (bb *blockBuilder) validateTransaction(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = bb.transactionValidator.ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea, transaction, model.VirtualBlockHash)
+	virtualPastMedianTime, err := bb.pastMedianTimeManager.PastMedianTime(stagingArea, model.VirtualBlockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = bb.transactionValidator.ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea, transaction, model.VirtualBlockHash, virtualPastMedianTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context.go b/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context.go
index a652c8d870..f032fd96fd 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context.go
@@ -136,8 +136,12 @@ func (v *blockValidator) checkBlockTransactions(
 	}
 
 	// Ensure all transactions in the block are finalized.
+	pastMedianTime, err := v.pastMedianTimeManager.PastMedianTime(stagingArea, blockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	for _, tx := range block.Transactions {
-		if err = v.transactionValidator.ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea, tx, blockHash); err != nil {
+		if err = v.transactionValidator.ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea, tx, blockHash, pastMedianTime); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/transactionvalidator/transaction_in_context.go b/domain/consensus/processes/transactionvalidator/transaction_in_context.go
index ba9ee2b6db..6b4df117aa 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/transactionvalidator/transaction_in_context.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/transactionvalidator/transaction_in_context.go
@@ -48,16 +48,12 @@ func (v *transactionValidator) IsFinalizedTransaction(tx *externalapi.DomainTran
 
 // ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO validates the transaction with consensus context but ignoring UTXO
 func (v *transactionValidator) ValidateTransactionInContextIgnoringUTXO(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, tx *externalapi.DomainTransaction,
-	povBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
+	povBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash, povBlockPastMedianTime int64) error {
 
 	povBlockDAAScore, err := v.daaBlocksStore.DAAScore(v.databaseContext, stagingArea, povBlockHash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	povBlockPastMedianTime, err := v.pastMedianTimeManager.PastMedianTime(stagingArea, povBlockHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	if isFinalized := v.IsFinalizedTransaction(tx, povBlockDAAScore, povBlockPastMedianTime); !isFinalized {
 		return errors.Wrapf(ruleerrors.ErrUnfinalizedTx, "unfinalized transaction %v", tx)
 	}