diff --git a/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp b/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp
index a118ff04b3f..1affb6fcc56 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/Transactor.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace ripple {
 NotTEC
 preflight0(PreflightContext const& ctx)
 {
-    if (ctx.tx.isFieldPresent(sfNetworkID))
+    if (!isPseudoTx(ctx.tx) || ctx.tx.isFieldPresent(sfNetworkID))
     {
         uint32_t nodeNID = ctx.app.config().NETWORK_ID;
         std::optional<uint32_t> txNID = ctx.tx[~sfNetworkID];