diff --git a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go
index cedf4a31d..bd073c92c 100644
--- a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go
+++ b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func New(
 		err error
 	)
 
-	if !isValidator && validatorJsonRPC == "" {
+	if !isValidator && validatorJsonRPC != "" {
 		ec, err = ethclient.Dial(validatorJsonRPC)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)