diff --git a/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer.go b/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer.go
index f22b526451..a63bbb2f91 100644
--- a/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer.go
+++ b/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func convertBech32AddressToWormhole(contractAddress string) (vaa.Address, error)
 // SubmitVAA checks to see if the VAA should be submitted to the smart contract, and if so, writes it to the channel for publishing.
 func (gwr *GatewayRelayer) SubmitVAA(v *vaa.VAA) {
 	var v2p VaaToPublish
-	if shouldPub, err := shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(v.Payload, vaa.ChainIDWormchain, gwr.ibcTranslatorPayloadAddress); err != nil {
+	if shouldPub, err := shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(gwr.tokenBridges, v, vaa.ChainIDWormchain, gwr.ibcTranslatorPayloadAddress); err != nil {
 		gwr.logger.Error("failed to check if vaa should be published", zap.String("msgId", v.MessageID()), zap.Error(err))
 		return
 	} else if shouldPub {
@@ -246,16 +246,20 @@ func (gwr *GatewayRelayer) SubmitVAA(v *vaa.VAA) {
 }
 
 // shouldPublishToIbcTranslator returns true if a message should be forwarded to the contract on wormchain, false if not.
-func shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(payload []byte, targetChain vaa.ChainID, targetAddress vaa.Address) (bool, error) {
-	if len(payload) == 0 {
+func shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(tokenBridges tokenBridgeMap, v *vaa.VAA, targetChain vaa.ChainID, targetAddress vaa.Address) (bool, error) {
+	if _, exists := tokenBridges[tokenBridgeKey{emitterChainId: v.EmitterChain, emitterAddr: v.EmitterAddress}]; !exists {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	if len(v.Payload) == 0 {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	if payload[0] != 3 {
+	if v.Payload[0] != 3 {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	hdr, err := vaa.DecodeTransferPayloadHdr(payload)
+	hdr, err := vaa.DecodeTransferPayloadHdr(v.Payload)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode payload: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer_test.go b/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer_test.go
index 49b28045da..89abacd737 100644
--- a/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer_test.go
+++ b/node/pkg/gwrelayer/gwrelayer_test.go
@@ -53,12 +53,32 @@ func Test_shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(t *testing.T) {
 		{label: "should publish", payload: decodeBytes("0300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000640000000000000000000000005425890298aed601595a70ab815c96711a31bc650006ade4a5f5803a439835c636395a8d648dee57b2fc90d98dc17fa887159b69638b0C20000000000000000000000000e6990c7e206d418d62b9e50c8e61f59dc360183b7b2262617369635f726563697069656e74223a7b22726563697069656e74223a22633256704d57786c656d3179636d31336348687865575679626e6c344d33706a595768735a4756715958686e4f485a364f484e774d32526f227d7d"), result: true, err: false},
 	}
 
+	logger := zap.NewNop()
+
+	solanaEmitter, err := vaa.StringToAddress("ec7372995d5cc8732397fb0ad35c0121e0eaa90d26f828a534cab54391b3a4f5")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	tokenBridges, _, err := buildTokenBridgeMap(logger, common.MainNet)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	targetAddress, err := convertBech32AddressToWormhole("wormhole14hj2tavq8fpesdwxxcu44rty3hh90vhujrvcmstl4zr3txmfvw9srrg465")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	for _, tc := range tests {
+	for seqNum, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(string(tc.label), func(t *testing.T) {
-			result, err := shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(tc.payload, vaa.ChainIDWormchain, targetAddress)
+			v := &vaa.VAA{
+				Version:          uint8(1),
+				GuardianSetIndex: uint32(1),
+				Signatures:       []*vaa.Signature{},
+				Timestamp:        time.Unix(0, 0),
+				Nonce:            uint32(1),
+				Sequence:         uint64(seqNum),
+				ConsistencyLevel: uint8(32),
+				EmitterChain:     vaa.ChainIDSolana,
+				EmitterAddress:   solanaEmitter,
+				Payload:          tc.payload,
+			}
+			result, err := shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(tokenBridges, v, vaa.ChainIDWormchain, targetAddress)
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.err, err != nil)
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.result, result)
 		})
@@ -139,3 +159,24 @@ func Test_verifyDevnetTokenBridgeAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, exists)
 	assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(expectedAddress[:], targetAddress[:]))
 }
+
+func Test_shouldPublishToIbcTranslatorShouldIgnoreUnknownEmitter(t *testing.T) {
+	vaaBytes, err := hex.DecodeString("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")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	v, err := vaa.Unmarshal(vaaBytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	logger := zap.NewNop()
+
+	tokenBridges, tokenBridgeAddress, err := buildTokenBridgeMap(logger, common.MainNet)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, tokenBridges)
+	require.Equal(t, tokenBridgeAddress, "wormhole1466nf3zuxpya8q9emxukd7vftaf6h4psr0a07srl5zw74zh84yjq4lyjmh")
+
+	targetAddress, err := convertBech32AddressToWormhole("wormhole14hj2tavq8fpesdwxxcu44rty3hh90vhujrvcmstl4zr3txmfvw9srrg465")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	shouldPub, err := shouldPublishToIbcTranslator(tokenBridges, v, vaa.ChainIDWormchain, targetAddress)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, shouldPub)
+}