diff --git a/src/p2p/net_peerlist.h b/src/p2p/net_peerlist.h
index c794b0f3b..d8de6abe9 100644
--- a/src/p2p/net_peerlist.h
+++ b/src/p2p/net_peerlist.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace nodetool
     bool get_gray_peer_by_index(peerlist_entry& p, size_t i);
     template<typename F> bool foreach(bool white, const F &f);
     void evict_host_from_white_peerlist(const peerlist_entry& pr);
-    bool append_with_peer_white(const peerlist_entry& pr);
+    bool append_with_peer_white(const peerlist_entry& pr, bool trust_last_seen = false);
     bool append_with_peer_gray(const peerlist_entry& pr);
     bool append_with_peer_anchor(const anchor_peerlist_entry& ple);
     bool set_peer_just_seen(peerid_type peer, const epee::net_utils::network_address& addr, uint32_t pruning_seed, uint16_t rpc_port, uint32_t rpc_credits_per_hash);
@@ -329,12 +329,12 @@ namespace nodetool
     ple.pruning_seed = pruning_seed;
     ple.rpc_port = rpc_port;
     ple.rpc_credits_per_hash = rpc_credits_per_hash;
-    return append_with_peer_white(ple);
+    return append_with_peer_white(ple, true);
     CATCH_ENTRY_L0("peerlist_manager::set_peer_just_seen()", false);
   }
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   inline
-  bool peerlist_manager::append_with_peer_white(const peerlist_entry& ple)
+  bool peerlist_manager::append_with_peer_white(const peerlist_entry& ple, bool trust_last_seen)
   {
     TRY_ENTRY();
     if(!is_host_allowed(ple.adr))
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ namespace nodetool
         new_ple.pruning_seed = by_addr_it_wt->pruning_seed;
       if (by_addr_it_wt->rpc_port && ple.rpc_port == 0) // guard against older nodes not passing RPC port around
         new_ple.rpc_port = by_addr_it_wt->rpc_port;
-      new_ple.last_seen = by_addr_it_wt->last_seen; // do not overwrite the last seen timestamp, incoming peer list are untrusted
+      if (!trust_last_seen)
+        new_ple.last_seen = by_addr_it_wt->last_seen; // do not overwrite the last seen timestamp, incoming peer lists are untrusted
       m_peers_white.replace(by_addr_it_wt, new_ple);
     }
     //remove from gray list, if need