diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 908896a0acef2..593db09221914 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -673,6 +673,11 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPool
         *pfMissingInputs = false;
     }
 
+    bool fV17Active_context = (unsigned int)chainActive.Height() >= Params().GetConsensus().V17DeploymentHeight;
+    if (fV17Active_context && tx.ContainsZerocoins()) {
+        return state.DoS(30, error("%s: zerocoin has been disabled", __func__), REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-xwagerr");
+    }
+
     if (!CheckTransaction(tx, state, true))
         return false; // state filled in by CheckTransaction
 
@@ -696,7 +701,7 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPool
     // This ensures that someone won't create an invalid OP_GROUP tx that sits in the mempool until after activation,
     // potentially causing this node to create a bad block.
     if (IsAnyOutputGrouped(tx)) {
-        if ((unsigned int)chainActive.Tip()->nHeight < chainparams.GetConsensus().ATPStartHeight)
+        if ((unsigned int)chainActive.Height() < chainparams.GetConsensus().ATPStartHeight)
         {
             return state.DoS(0, false, REJECT_NONSTANDARD, "premature-op_group-tx");
         } else if (!IsAnyOutputGroupedCreation(tx, TokenGroupIdFlags::MGT_TOKEN) && !tokenGroupManager.get()->ManagementTokensCreated()){
@@ -2244,6 +2249,7 @@ bool CChainState::ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBl
     txdata.reserve(block.vtx.size()); // Required so that pointers to individual PrecomputedTransactionData don't get invalidated
 
     bool fDIP0001Active_context = pindex->nHeight >= Params().GetConsensus().DIP0001Height;
+    bool fV17Active_context = pindex->nHeight >= Params().GetConsensus().V17DeploymentHeight;
 
     // MUST process special txes before updating UTXO to ensure consistency between mempool and block processing
     if (!ProcessSpecialTxsInBlock(block, pindex, state, view, fJustCheck, fScriptChecks)) {
@@ -2266,6 +2272,10 @@ bool CChainState::ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBl
 
         nInputs += tx->vin.size();
 
+        if (fV17Active_context && tx->ContainsZerocoins()) {
+            return state.DoS(100, error("%s: zerocoin has been disabled", __func__), REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-xwagerr");
+        }
+
         if (tx->HasZerocoinSpendInputs())
         {
             if (!CheckZerocoinSpendTx(pindex, state, *tx, vSpendsInBlock, vSpends, vMints, nValueIn))