diff --git a/internal/p2p/peermanager.go b/internal/p2p/peermanager.go
index 244792365..4972258bf 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/peermanager.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/peermanager.go
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ func (p *peerInfo) LastDialed() (time.Time, bool) {
 
 	// if we never modified last, then
 	if last.Add(1).IsZero() {
-		last = last.Add(1)
+		return time.Time{}, success
 	}
 
 	return last, success