diff --git a/src/governance.cpp b/src/governance.cpp
index ef4cf26f0..4019ad43c 100644
--- a/src/governance.cpp
+++ b/src/governance.cpp
@@ -795,10 +795,10 @@ void CGovernanceManager::Sync(CNode* pfrom, const uint256& nProp, const CBloomFi
 
             std::vector<CGovernanceVote> vecVotes = govobj.GetVoteFile().GetVotes();
             for(size_t i = 0; i < vecVotes.size(); ++i) {
-                if(!vecVotes[i].IsValid(true)) {
+                if(filter.contains(vecVotes[i].GetHash())) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                if(filter.contains(vecVotes[i].GetHash())) {
+                if(!vecVotes[i].IsValid(true)) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 pfrom->PushInventory(CInv(MSG_GOVERNANCE_OBJECT_VOTE, vecVotes[i].GetHash()));