diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURL.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURL.java
index 0ca0c4be4b..20e3b720e2 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURL.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURL.java
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ public class EnodeURL {
     }
   }
 
+  public URI toURIWithoutDiscoveryPort() {
+    final String uri =
+        String.format(
+            "enode://%s@%s:%d",
+            nodeId.toUnprefixedString(), InetAddresses.toUriString(ip), getListeningPortOrZero());
+
+    return URI.create(uri);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the discovery port only if it differs from the listening port
    *
diff --git a/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/provider/SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider.java b/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/provider/SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider.java
index 170d57af01..271e756c6b 100644
--- a/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/provider/SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider.java
+++ b/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/provider/SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider.java
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.Counter;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.MetricsSystem;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.PantheonMetricCategory;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.OptionalLong;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider implements NodePermissioningProvider {
 
   private final Synchronizer synchronizer;
-  private final Collection<EnodeURL> fixedNodes = new HashSet<>();
+  private final Set<URI> fixedNodes;
   private final Counter checkCounter;
   private final Counter checkCounterPermitted;
   private final Counter checkCounterUnpermitted;
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ public class SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider implements NodePermissioningPro
     this.synchronizer = synchronizer;
     long id = this.synchronizer.observeSyncStatus(this::handleSyncStatusUpdate);
     this.syncStatusObserverId = OptionalLong.of(id);
-    this.fixedNodes.addAll(fixedNodes);
+    this.fixedNodes =
+        fixedNodes.stream().map(EnodeURL::toURIWithoutDiscoveryPort).collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
     metricsSystem.createIntegerGauge(
         PantheonMetricCategory.PERMISSIONING,
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ public class SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider implements NodePermissioningPro
       return true;
     } else {
       checkCounter.inc();
-      if (fixedNodes.stream().anyMatch(p -> EnodeURL.sameListeningEndpoint(p, destinationEnode))) {
+      if (fixedNodes.contains(destinationEnode.toURIWithoutDiscoveryPort())) {
         checkCounterPermitted.inc();
         return true;
       } else {