diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 6ed382a00ce..0db5464fbc8 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1436,6 +1436,8 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
                 strLoadError = _("Error loading block database");
                 break;
             case ChainstateLoadingError::ERROR_BAD_GENESIS_BLOCK:
+                // If the loaded chain has a wrong genesis, bail out immediately
+                // (we're likely using a testnet datadir, or the other way around).
                 return InitError(_("Incorrect or no genesis block found. Wrong datadir for network?"));
             case ChainstateLoadingError::ERROR_PRUNED_NEEDS_REINDEX:
                 strLoadError = _("You need to rebuild the database using -reindex to go back to unpruned mode.  This will redownload the entire blockchain");
diff --git a/src/node/chainstate.cpp b/src/node/chainstate.cpp
index b8914a0c657..86de364ca72 100644
--- a/src/node/chainstate.cpp
+++ b/src/node/chainstate.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ std::optional<ChainstateLoadingError> LoadChainstate(bool fReset,
                 return ChainstateLoadingError::ERROR_LOADING_BLOCK_DB;
             }
 
-            // If the loaded chain has a wrong genesis, bail out immediately
-            // (we're likely using a testnet datadir, or the other way around).
             if (!chainman.BlockIndex().empty() &&
                     !chainman.m_blockman.LookupBlockIndex(chainparams.GetConsensus().hashGenesisBlock)) {
                 return ChainstateLoadingError::ERROR_BAD_GENESIS_BLOCK;