diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateblock.go b/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateblock.go
index 11ce29a80..9d1d6ff52 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateblock.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateblock.go
@@ -53,12 +53,19 @@ func (bp *blockProcessor) validateBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock, isPrunin
 	err = bp.validatePostProofOfWork(block, isPruningPoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.RuleError{}) {
-			// If we got ErrMissingParents the block shouldn't be considered as invalid
-			// because it could be added later on when its parents are present, and if
-			// we get ErrBadMerkleRoot we shouldn't mark the block as invalid because
-			// later on we can get the block with transactions that fits the merkle
-			// root.
-			if !errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.ErrMissingParents{}) && !errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrBadMerkleRoot) {
+			// We mark invalid blocks with status externalapi.StatusInvalid except in the
+			// case of the following errors:
+			// ErrMissingParents - If we got ErrMissingParents the block shouldn't be
+			// considered as invalid because it could be added later on when its
+			// parents are present.
+			// ErrBadMerkleRoot - if we get ErrBadMerkleRoot we shouldn't mark the
+			// block as invalid because later on we can get the block with
+			// transactions that fits the merkle root.
+			// ErrPrunedBlock - ErrPrunedBlock is an error that rejects a block body and
+			// not the block as a whole, so we shouldn't mark it as invalid.
+			if !errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.ErrMissingParents{}) &&
+				!errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrBadMerkleRoot) &&
+				!errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrPrunedBlock) {
 				// Discard all changes so we save only the block status
 				bp.discardAllChanges()
 				hash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context_test.go b/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context_test.go
index f25339966..c6ac81de2 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context_test.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_body_in_context_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/ruleerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/constants"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/testutils"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/dagconfig"
@@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ func TestCheckBlockIsNotPruned(t *testing.T) {
 		if !errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrPrunedBlock) {
 			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %+v", err)
 		}
+
+		beforePruningBlockBlockStatus, err := tc.BlockStatusStore().Get(tc.DatabaseContext(),
+			consensushashing.BlockHash(beforePruningBlock))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("BlockStatusStore().Get: %+v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Check that the block still has header only status although it got rejected.
+		if beforePruningBlockBlockStatus != externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected status %s", beforePruningBlockBlockStatus)
+		}
 	})
 }