diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
index 53f616de23..f635cd2be2 100644
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ bool CBlockIndexHeightOnlyComparator::operator()(const CBlockIndex* pa, const CB
     return pa->nHeight < pb->nHeight;
 }
 
+/** The number of blocks to keep below the deepest prune lock.
+ *  There is nothing special about this number. It is higher than what we
+ *  expect to see in regular mainnet reorgs, but not so high that it would
+ *  noticeably interfere with the pruning mechanism.
+ * */
+static constexpr int PRUNE_LOCK_BUFFER{10};
+
 std::vector<CBlockIndex*> BlockManager::GetAllBlockIndices()
 {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
@@ -258,6 +265,21 @@ void BlockManager::PruneOneBlockFile(const int fileNumber)
     m_dirty_fileinfo.insert(fileNumber);
 }
 
+bool BlockManager::DoPruneLocksForbidPruning(const CBlockFileInfo& block_file_info)
+{
+    AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
+    for (const auto& prune_lock : m_prune_locks) {
+        if (prune_lock.second.height_first == std::numeric_limits<int>::max()) continue;
+        // Remove the buffer and one additional block here to get actual height that is outside of the buffer
+        const unsigned int lock_height{(unsigned)std::max(1, prune_lock.second.height_first - PRUNE_LOCK_BUFFER - 1)};
+        if (block_file_info.nHeightLast > lock_height) {
+            LogPrint(BCLog::PRUNE, "%s limited pruning to height %d\n", prune_lock.first, lock_height);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 void BlockManager::FindFilesToPruneManual(
     std::set<int>& setFilesToPrune,
     int nManualPruneHeight,
@@ -280,6 +302,8 @@ void BlockManager::FindFilesToPruneManual(
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (DoPruneLocksForbidPruning(m_blockfile_info[fileNumber])) continue;
+
         PruneOneBlockFile(fileNumber);
         setFilesToPrune.insert(fileNumber);
         count++;
@@ -344,6 +368,8 @@ void BlockManager::FindFilesToPrune(
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if (DoPruneLocksForbidPruning(m_blockfile_info[fileNumber])) continue;
+
             PruneOneBlockFile(fileNumber);
             // Queue up the files for removal
             setFilesToPrune.insert(fileNumber);
diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.h b/src/node/blockstorage.h
index ba44d31581..17c9e939e4 100644
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.h
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.h
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ private:
     bool WriteBlockToDisk(const CBlock& block, FlatFilePos& pos) const;
     bool UndoWriteToDisk(const CBlockUndo& blockundo, FlatFilePos& pos, const uint256& hashBlock) const;
 
+    bool DoPruneLocksForbidPruning(const CBlockFileInfo& block_file_info) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
+
     /* Calculate the block/rev files to delete based on height specified by user with RPC command pruneblockchain */
     void FindFilesToPruneManual(
         std::set<int>& setFilesToPrune,
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 1d4a5f1ec3..831ef11470 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -98,12 +98,6 @@ const std::vector<std::string> CHECKLEVEL_DOC {
     "level 4 tries to reconnect the blocks",
     "each level includes the checks of the previous levels",
 };
-/** The number of blocks to keep below the deepest prune lock.
- *  There is nothing special about this number. It is higher than what we
- *  expect to see in regular mainnet reorgs, but not so high that it would
- *  noticeably interfere with the pruning mechanism.
- * */
-static constexpr int PRUNE_LOCK_BUFFER{10};
 
 GlobalMutex g_best_block_mutex;
 std::condition_variable g_best_block_cv;
@@ -2540,21 +2534,6 @@ bool Chainstate::FlushStateToDisk(
             // make sure we don't prune above any of the prune locks bestblocks
             // pruning is height-based
             int last_prune{m_chain.Height()}; // last height we can prune
-            std::optional<std::string> limiting_lock; // prune lock that actually was the limiting factor, only used for logging
-
-            for (const auto& prune_lock : m_blockman.m_prune_locks) {
-                if (prune_lock.second.height_first == std::numeric_limits<int>::max()) continue;
-                // Remove the buffer and one additional block here to get actual height that is outside of the buffer
-                const int lock_height{prune_lock.second.height_first - PRUNE_LOCK_BUFFER - 1};
-                last_prune = std::max(1, std::min(last_prune, lock_height));
-                if (last_prune == lock_height) {
-                    limiting_lock = prune_lock.first;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (limiting_lock) {
-                LogPrint(BCLog::PRUNE, "%s limited pruning to height %d\n", limiting_lock.value(), last_prune);
-            }
 
             if (nManualPruneHeight > 0) {
                 LOG_TIME_MILLIS_WITH_CATEGORY("find files to prune (manual)", BCLog::BENCH);
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_index_prune.py b/test/functional/feature_index_prune.py
index d6e802b399..d9642f5434 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_index_prune.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_index_prune.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class FeatureIndexPruneTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         self.log.info("prune some blocks")
         for node in self.nodes[:2]:
-            with node.assert_debug_log(['limited pruning to height 689']):
+            with node.assert_debug_log(['Prune: UnlinkPrunedFiles deleted blk/rev (00000)']):
                 pruneheight_new = node.pruneblockchain(400)
                 # the prune heights used here and below are magic numbers that are determined by the
                 # thresholds at which block files wrap, so they depend on disk serialization and default block file size.
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class FeatureIndexPruneTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.sync_index(height=2500)
 
         for node in self.nodes[:2]:
-            with node.assert_debug_log(['limited pruning to height 2489']):
+            with node.assert_debug_log(['Prune: UnlinkPrunedFiles deleted blk/rev (00007)']):
                 pruneheight_new = node.pruneblockchain(2500)
                 assert_equal(pruneheight_new, 2005)