diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a6394e0bf..9fa6ebf24 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3267,6 +3267,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
                         if (pfrom->pfilter)
                         {
                             CMerkleBlock merkleBlock(block, *pfrom->pfilter);
+                            pfrom->PushMessage("merkleblock", merkleBlock);
                             // CMerkleBlock just contains hashes, so also push any transactions in the block the client did not see 
                             // This avoids hurting performance by pointlessly requiring a round-trip
                             // Note that there is currently no way for a node to request any single transactions we didnt send here -
@@ -3277,7 +3278,6 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
                             BOOST_FOREACH(PairType& pair, merkleBlock.vMatchedTxn)
                                 if (!pfrom->setInventoryKnown.count(CInv(MSG_TX, pair.second)))
                                     pfrom->PushMessage("tx", block.vtx[pair.first]);
-                            pfrom->PushMessage("merkleblock", merkleBlock);
                         }
                         // else
                             // no response