diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 51f0799d71..b0005ef211 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1884,6 +1884,9 @@ bool AppInitMain(InitInterfaces& interfaces)
     SetRPCWarmupFinished();
 
     // ELEMENTS:
+    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-validatepegin", Params().GetConsensus().has_parent_chain)) {
+        uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Awaiting mainchain RPC warmup"));
+    }
     if (!MainchainRPCCheck(true)) { //Initial check only
         const std::string err_msg = "ERROR: elements is set to verify pegins but cannot get a valid response from the mainchain daemon. Please check debug.log for more information.\n\nIf you haven't setup a bitcoind please get the latest stable version from https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/ or if you do not need to validate pegins set in your elements configuration validatepegin=0";
         // We fail immediately if this node has RPC server enabled
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index b28fc1764f..01671f9a1d 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -5294,7 +5294,6 @@ bool MainchainRPCCheck(const bool init)
 
     // Next, check for working and valid rpc
     if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-validatepegin", Params().GetConsensus().has_parent_chain)) {
-        uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Awaiting mainchain RPC warmup"));
         // During init try until a non-RPC_IN_WARMUP result
         while (true) {
             try {