diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions.go b/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions.go
index 1598fa5fa..74862bafa 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type TransactionsRelayContext interface {
 	SharedRequestedTransactions() *flowcontext.SharedRequestedTransactions
 	OnTransactionAddedToMempool()
 	EnqueueTransactionIDsForPropagation(transactionIDs []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID) error
+	IsIBDRunning() bool
 }
 
 type handleRelayedTransactionsFlow struct {
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) start() error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		if flow.IsIBDRunning() {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		requestedIDs, err := flow.requestInvTransactions(inv)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions_test.go b/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions_test.go
index 33f6d0a06..d98045694 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions_test.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/v4/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) EnqueueTransactionIDsForPropagation(transa
 func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) OnTransactionAddedToMempool() {
 }
 
+func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) IsIBDRunning() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 // TestHandleRelayedTransactionsNotFound tests the flow of  HandleRelayedTransactions when the peer doesn't
 // have the requested transactions in the mempool.
 func TestHandleRelayedTransactionsNotFound(t *testing.T) {