diff --git a/mempool/v1/reactor.go b/mempool/v1/reactor.go
index 029faf7e55..99498865c7 100644
--- a/mempool/v1/reactor.go
+++ b/mempool/v1/reactor.go
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ func (memR *Reactor) broadcastTxRoutine(peer p2p.Peer) {
 			if !success {
 				time.Sleep(mempool.PeerCatchupSleepIntervalMS * time.Millisecond)
 				continue
+			} else {
+				// record that we have sent the peer the transaction
+				// to avoid doing it a second time
+				memTx.SetPeer(peerID)
 			}
 			schema.WriteMempoolTx(
 				memR.traceClient,