diff --git a/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_virtual_selected_parent_blue_score.go b/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_virtual_selected_parent_blue_score.go
index 4500bf09e..3b96e67c7 100644
--- a/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_virtual_selected_parent_blue_score.go
+++ b/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_virtual_selected_parent_blue_score.go
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ import (
 
 // HandleGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScore handles the respectively named RPC command
 func HandleGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScore(context *rpccontext.Context, _ *router.Router, _ appmessage.Message) (appmessage.Message, error) {
-	virtualInfo, err := context.Domain.Consensus().GetVirtualInfo()
+	c := context.Domain.Consensus()
+	selectedParent, err := c.GetVirtualSelectedParent()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return appmessage.NewGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage(virtualInfo.BlueScore), nil
+	blockInfo, err := c.GetBlockInfo(selectedParent)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return appmessage.NewGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage(blockInfo.BlueScore), nil
 }
diff --git a/testing/integration/virtual_selected_parent_blue_score_test.go b/testing/integration/virtual_selected_parent_blue_score_test.go
index 2d22289bd..651fc4041 100644
--- a/testing/integration/virtual_selected_parent_blue_score_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/virtual_selected_parent_blue_score_test.go
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ func TestVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreAndVirtualDAAScore(t *testing.T) {
 	kaspad, teardown := setupHarness(t, harnessParams)
 	defer teardown()
 
-	// Make sure that the initial blue score is 1
+	// Make sure that the initial selected parent blue score is 0
 	response, err := kaspad.rpcClient.GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScore()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error getting virtual selected parent blue score: %s", err)
 	}
-	if response.BlueScore != 1 {
+	if response.BlueScore != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected virtual selected parent blue score. Want: %d, got: %d",
-			1, response.BlueScore)
+			0, response.BlueScore)
 	}
 
 	// Register to virtual selected parent blue score changes
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ func TestVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreAndVirtualDAAScore(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error getting virtual selected parent blue score: %s", err)
 	}
-	if response.BlueScore != 1+blockAmountToMine {
+	if response.BlueScore != blockAmountToMine {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected virtual selected parent blue score. Want: %d, got: %d",
-			1+blockAmountToMine, response.BlueScore)
+			blockAmountToMine, response.BlueScore)
 	}
 }