diff --git a/bigchaindb/core.py b/bigchaindb/core.py
index eabe7947..07970693 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/core.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/core.py
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
         try:
             # get the latest value for the vote timestamp (over all votes)
             max_timestamp = r.table('votes') \
+                .filter(r.row['node_pubkey'] == self.me) \
                 .concat_map(lambda x: [x['vote']['timestamp']]) \
                 .max() \
                 .run(self.conn)