diff --git a/src/net_processing.h b/src/net_processing.h
index 1dedcf3b980..cb34935ad18 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.h
+++ b/src/net_processing.h
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ public:
     /** Get statistics from node state */
     bool GetNodeStateStats(NodeId nodeid, CNodeStateStats& stats);
 
+    /** Whether this node ignores txs received over p2p. */
+    bool IgnoresIncomingTxs() {return !::g_relay_txes;};
+
 private:
     /** Get a shared pointer to the Peer object.
      *  May return an empty shared_ptr if the Peer object can't be found. */
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index fa71ea11816..19e717f0af6 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -578,7 +578,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getnetworkinfo()
         obj.pushKV("localservices", strprintf("%016x", services));
         obj.pushKV("localservicesnames", GetServicesNames(services));
     }
-    obj.pushKV("localrelay", g_relay_txes);
+    if (node.peerman) {
+        obj.pushKV("localrelay", !node.peerman->IgnoresIncomingTxs());
+    }
     obj.pushKV("timeoffset",    GetTimeOffset());
     if (node.connman) {
         obj.pushKV("networkactive", node.connman->GetNetworkActive());