diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index bea9eb00e1..69578b6ca2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ void UpdatePreferredDownload(CNode* node, CNodeState* state)
     nPreferredDownload -= state->fPreferredDownload;
 
     // Whether this node should be marked as a preferred download node.
-    state->fPreferredDownload = (!node->fInbound || node->fWhitelisted) && !node->fOneShot && !node->fClient;
+    state->fPreferredDownload = !node->fOneShot && !node->fClient;
 
     nPreferredDownload += state->fPreferredDownload;
 }