diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
index ba6525ef286..76bdf37cd7d 100644
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ ChainTestingSetup::ChainTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName, const std::ve
     GetMainSignals().RegisterBackgroundSignalScheduler(*m_node.scheduler);
 
     m_node.fee_estimator = std::make_unique<CBlockPolicyEstimator>();
-    m_node.mempool = std::make_unique<CTxMemPool>(m_node.fee_estimator.get(), 1);
+    m_node.mempool = std::make_unique<CTxMemPool>(m_node.fee_estimator.get(), m_node.args->GetIntArg("-checkmempool", 1));
 
     m_cache_sizes = CalculateCacheSizes(m_args);