diff --git a/yarn-project/node-lib/src/actions/snapshot-sync.ts b/yarn-project/node-lib/src/actions/snapshot-sync.ts
index 6d7274b3c2b1..d60760bf6aa1 100644
--- a/yarn-project/node-lib/src/actions/snapshot-sync.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/node-lib/src/actions/snapshot-sync.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ export async function trySnapshotSync(config: SnapshotSyncConfig, log: Logger) {
   }
 
   const currentL1BlockNumber = await getPublicClient(config).getBlockNumber();
-  if (archiverL1BlockNumber && currentL1BlockNumber - archiverL1BlockNumber < minL1BlocksToTriggerReplace) {
+  if (
+    archiverL1BlockNumber &&
+    currentL1BlockNumber >= archiverL1BlockNumber &&
+    currentL1BlockNumber - archiverL1BlockNumber < minL1BlocksToTriggerReplace
+  ) {
     log.verbose(
       `Skipping snapshot sync as archiver is less than ${
         currentL1BlockNumber - archiverL1BlockNumber