diff --git a/consensus/fbft_log.go b/consensus/fbft_log.go
index 982aecab7..34637183a 100644
--- a/consensus/fbft_log.go
+++ b/consensus/fbft_log.go
@@ -222,11 +222,20 @@ func (log *FBFTLog) GetMessagesByTypeSeqViewHash(typ msg_pb.MessageType, blockNu
 	return found
 }
 
+func (log *FBFTLog) all(filters []func(*FBFTMessage, *FBFTLog) bool, value *FBFTMessage) bool {
+	for _, filter := range filters {
+		if !filter(value, log) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // GetMessagesByTypeSeq returns pbft messages with matching type, blockNum
-func (log *FBFTLog) GetMessagesByTypeSeq(typ msg_pb.MessageType, blockNum uint64) []*FBFTMessage {
+func (log *FBFTLog) GetMessagesByTypeSeq(typ msg_pb.MessageType, blockNum uint64, filters ...func(message *FBFTMessage, log *FBFTLog) bool) []*FBFTMessage {
 	var found []*FBFTMessage
 	for _, msg := range log.messages {
-		if msg.MessageType == typ && msg.BlockNum == blockNum && msg.Verified {
+		if msg.MessageType == typ && msg.BlockNum == blockNum && msg.Verified && log.all(filters, msg) {
 			found = append(found, msg)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/consensus/view_change_msg.go b/consensus/view_change_msg.go
index 6c4b08005..8272134c5 100644
--- a/consensus/view_change_msg.go
+++ b/consensus/view_change_msg.go
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) constructViewChangeMessage(priKey *bls.PrivateKeyWra
 	}
 
 	preparedMsgs := consensus.fBFTLog.GetMessagesByTypeSeq(
-		msg_pb.MessageType_PREPARED, consensus.getBlockNum(),
+		msg_pb.MessageType_PREPARED, consensus.getBlockNum(), func(message *FBFTMessage, log *FBFTLog) bool {
+			return log.IsBlockVerified(message.BlockHash)
+		},
 	)
 	preparedMsg := consensus.fBFTLog.FindMessageByMaxViewID(preparedMsgs)