diff --git a/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound.go b/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound.go
index 8e330f791bb..1bcdb1d3e20 100644
--- a/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound.go
+++ b/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound.go
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ func (sr *subroundStartRound) initCurrentRound() bool {
 			sr.ConsensusGroup(),
 			sr.RoundHandler().Index(),
 		)
+		// TODO refactor the usage of the single key & multikey redundancy system
+		if sr.NodeRedundancyHandler().IsMainMachineActive() {
+			return false
+		}
 	}
 
 	leader, err := sr.GetLeader()
diff --git a/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound_test.go b/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound_test.go
index 583861032d1..960bae5bf3f 100644
--- a/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound_test.go
+++ b/consensus/spos/bls/subroundStartRound_test.go
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func TestSubroundStartRound_InitCurrentRoundShouldReturnFalseWhenGenerateNextCon
 	assert.False(t, r)
 }
 
-func TestSubroundStartRound_InitCurrentRoundShouldReturnTrueWhenMainMachineIsActive(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSubroundStartRound_InitCurrentRoundShouldReturnFalseWhenMainMachineIsActive(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	nodeRedundancyMock := &mock.NodeRedundancyHandlerStub{
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func TestSubroundStartRound_InitCurrentRoundShouldReturnTrueWhenMainMachineIsAct
 	srStartRound := *initSubroundStartRoundWithContainer(container)
 
 	r := srStartRound.InitCurrentRound()
-	assert.True(t, r)
+	assert.False(t, r)
 }
 
 func TestSubroundStartRound_InitCurrentRoundShouldReturnFalseWhenGetLeaderErr(t *testing.T) {