diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
index bcf99bbed..019c1edbc 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
@@ -3334,7 +3334,8 @@ uint64_t Blockchain::get_dynamic_base_fee_estimate(uint64_t grace_blocks) const
   }
 
   const bool use_long_term_median_in_fee = version >= HF_VERSION_LONG_TERM_BLOCK_WEIGHT;
-  uint64_t fee = get_dynamic_base_fee(base_reward, use_long_term_median_in_fee ? m_long_term_effective_median_block_weight : median, version);
+  const uint64_t use_median_value = use_long_term_median_in_fee ? std::min<uint64_t>(median, m_long_term_effective_median_block_weight) : median;
+  const uint64_t fee = get_dynamic_base_fee(base_reward, use_median_value, version);
   const bool per_byte = version < HF_VERSION_PER_BYTE_FEE;
   MDEBUG("Estimating " << grace_blocks << "-block fee at " << print_money(fee) << "/" << (per_byte ? "byte" : "kB"));
   return fee;