diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index b831cc9ff..eed5317e1 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
   {
     block_complete_entry bce;
     bce.block = cryptonote::block_to_blob(b);
+    bce.block_weight = 0; // we can leave it to 0, those txes aren't pruned
     for (const auto &tx_hash: b.tx_hashes)
     {
       cryptonote::blobdata txblob;
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
index 648e691d0..0d70f2992 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
           m_blockchain.add_txpool_tx(id, blob, meta);
           if (!insert_key_images(tx, id, kept_by_block))
             return false;
-          m_txs_by_fee_and_receive_time.emplace(std::pair<double, std::time_t>(fee / (double)tx_weight, receive_time), id);
+          m_txs_by_fee_and_receive_time.emplace(std::pair<double, std::time_t>(fee / (double)(tx_weight ? tx_weight : 1), receive_time), id);
           lock.commit();
         }
         catch (const std::exception &e)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
         m_blockchain.add_txpool_tx(id, blob, meta);
         if (!insert_key_images(tx, id, kept_by_block))
           return false;
-        m_txs_by_fee_and_receive_time.emplace(std::pair<double, std::time_t>(fee / (double)tx_weight, receive_time), id);
+        m_txs_by_fee_and_receive_time.emplace(std::pair<double, std::time_t>(fee / (double)(tx_weight ? tx_weight : 1), receive_time), id);
         lock.commit();
       }
       catch (const std::exception &e)
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_defs.h b/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_defs.h
index 3d594bf83..dcd108626 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_defs.h
+++ b/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_defs.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
       }
     END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
 
-    block_complete_entry(): pruned(false) {}
+    block_complete_entry(): pruned(false), block_weight(0) {}
   };