diff --git a/src/llmq/quorums.cpp b/src/llmq/quorums.cpp
index 899de1dbdb55a1..e5e462c4301ce4 100644
--- a/src/llmq/quorums.cpp
+++ b/src/llmq/quorums.cpp
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ void CQuorumManager::StartCheckQuorumConnectionsThreads(const CBlockIndex* pinde
 
 void CQuorumManager::CheckQuorumConnections(const Consensus::LLMQParams& llmqParams, const CBlockIndex* pindexNew) const
 {
+    if (!fMasternodeMode && !utils::IsWatchQuorumsEnabled()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     cxxtimer::Timer t(/*start=*/ true);
     LogPrint(BCLog::LLMQ, "CQuorumManager::%s -- llmqType[%d] h[%d] start\n", __func__, ToUnderlying(llmqParams.type), pindexNew->nHeight);