diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 784ea24b987..081a238c08d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ std::set<uint256> CWallet::GetTxConflicts(const CWalletTx& wtx) const
 // The `force` option results in all unconfirmed transactions being submitted to
 // the mempool. This does not necessarily result in those transactions being relayed,
 // that depends on the `relay` option. Periodic rebroadcast uses the pattern
-// relay=true force=false (also the default values), while loading into the mempool
+// relay=true force=false, while loading into the mempool
 // (on start, or after import) uses relay=false force=true.
 void CWallet::ResubmitWalletTransactions(bool relay, bool force)
 {
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py b/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py
index 26df0841d88..52e0270f6c4 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_resendwallettransactions.py
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ class ResendWalletTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         block = create_block(int(node.getbestblockhash(), 16), create_coinbase(node.getblockcount() + 1), block_time)
         block.solve()
         node.submitblock(block.serialize().hex())
+        # Set correct m_best_block_time, which is used in ResubmitWalletTransactions
         node.syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue()
 
         # Evict these txs from the mempool
         evict_time = block_time + 60 * 60 * DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_EXPIRY_HOURS + 5
         node.setmocktime(evict_time)
         indep_send = node.send(outputs=[{node.getnewaddress(): 1}], options={"inputs": [indep_utxo]})
-        node.syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue()
         node.getmempoolentry(indep_send["txid"])
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-5, "Transaction not in mempool", node.getmempoolentry, txid)
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-5, "Transaction not in mempool", node.getmempoolentry, child_txid)