diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 6374cb52c18..babff0796f3 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -6293,10 +6293,13 @@ bool PeerManagerImpl::SendMessages(CNode* pto)
             // before the background chainstate to prioritize getting to network tip.
             FindNextBlocksToDownload(*peer, get_inflight_budget(), vToDownload, staller);
             if (m_chainman.BackgroundSyncInProgress() && !IsLimitedPeer(*peer)) {
+                // If the background tip is not an ancestor of the snapshot block,
+                // we need to start requesting blocks from their last common ancestor.
+                const CBlockIndex *from_tip = LastCommonAncestor(m_chainman.GetBackgroundSyncTip(), m_chainman.GetSnapshotBaseBlock());
                 TryDownloadingHistoricalBlocks(
                     *peer,
                     get_inflight_budget(),
-                    vToDownload, m_chainman.GetBackgroundSyncTip(),
+                    vToDownload, from_tip,
                     Assert(m_chainman.GetSnapshotBaseBlock()));
             }
             for (const CBlockIndex *pindex : vToDownload) {