diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 86dc3f624..17418b574 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ bool static FlushStateToDisk(const CChainParams& chainparams, CValidationState &
     }
     int64_t nMempoolSizeMax = gArgs.GetArg("-maxmempool", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE) * 1000000;
     int64_t cacheSize = pcoinsTip->DynamicMemoryUsage();
-    cacheSize += evoDb->GetMemoryUsage() * DB_PEAK_USAGE_FACTOR;
+    cacheSize += evoDb->GetMemoryUsage();
     int64_t nTotalSpace = nCoinCacheUsage + std::max<int64_t>(nMempoolSizeMax - nMempoolUsage, 0);
     // The cache is large and we're within 10% and 10 MiB of the limit, but we have time now (not in the middle of a block processing).
     bool fCacheLarge = mode == FLUSH_STATE_PERIODIC && cacheSize > std::max((9 * nTotalSpace) / 10, nTotalSpace - MAX_BLOCK_COINSDB_USAGE * 1024 * 1024);