diff --git a/lib/pool/templates.js b/lib/pool/templates.js
index 0eb9ba4d..d155b6f2 100644
--- a/lib/pool/templates.js
+++ b/lib/pool/templates.js
@@ -349,9 +349,8 @@ module.exports = function createTemplateManager(deps) {
         if (previousTemplate && previousTemplate.idHash === template.idHash) return;
         let isExtraCheck = false;
         if (previousTemplate) {
-            if (coin in pastBlockTemplates) {
-                pastBlockTemplates[coin].get(0).timeoutTime = Date.now() + 4 * 1000;
-            } else {
+            previousTemplate.timeoutTime = Date.now() + 4 * 1000;
+            if (!(coin in pastBlockTemplates)) {
                 pastBlockTemplates[coin] = global.support.circularBuffer(10);
             }
             pastBlockTemplates[coin].enq(previousTemplate);