diff --git a/consensus/taiko/consensus.go b/consensus/taiko/consensus.go
index 3ec5255c134d..7aae5929abfe 100644
--- a/consensus/taiko/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/taiko/consensus.go
@@ -229,12 +229,14 @@ func (t *Taiko) FinalizeAndAssemble(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header *t
 
 	// Verify anchor transaction
 	if len(body.Transactions) != 0 { // Transactions list might be empty when building empty payload.
-		isAnchor, err := t.ValidateAnchorTx(body.Transactions[0], header)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if !isAnchor {
-			return nil, ErrAnchorTxNotFound
+		if body.Transactions[0].IsAnchor() {
+			isAnchor, err := t.ValidateAnchorTx(body.Transactions[0], header)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if !isAnchor {
+				return nil, ErrAnchorTxNotFound
+			}
 		}
 	}