diff --git a/pkg/transaction/export_test.go b/pkg/transaction/export_test.go
index 5ead1d78865..bfd13648dac 100644
--- a/pkg/transaction/export_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transaction/export_test.go
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ package transaction
 
 var (
 	StoredTransactionKey = storedTransactionKey
+	MaxBlocksToWait      = maxBlocksToWait
 )
diff --git a/pkg/transaction/monitor.go b/pkg/transaction/monitor.go
index bbd4a50ec58..ee88749ed0a 100644
--- a/pkg/transaction/monitor.go
+++ b/pkg/transaction/monitor.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import (
 var ErrTransactionCancelled = errors.New("transaction cancelled")
 var ErrMonitorClosed = errors.New("monitor closed")
 
+// maxBlocksToWait is the maximum number of blocks to wait before considering a missing transaction as cancelled.
+const maxBlocksToWait = 5
+
 // Monitor is a nonce-based watcher for transaction confirmations.
 // Instead of watching transactions individually, the senders nonce is monitored and transactions are checked based on this.
 // The idea is that if the nonce is still lower than that of a pending transaction, there is no point in actually checking the transaction for a receipt.
@@ -199,10 +202,11 @@ func (tm *transactionMonitor) checkPending(block uint64) error {
 			receipt, err := tm.backend.TransactionReceipt(tm.ctx, txHash)
 			if err != nil {
 				// wait for a few blocks to be mined before considering a transaction not existing
-				transactionWatchNotFoundTimeout := 5 * tm.pollingInterval
-				if errors.Is(err, ethereum.NotFound) && watchStart(watches).Before(time.Now().Add(transactionWatchNotFoundTimeout)) {
-					// if both err and receipt are nil, there is no receipt
-					// the reason why we consider this only potentially cancelled is to catch cases where after a reorg the original transaction wins
+				transactionWatchNotFoundTimeout := maxBlocksToWait * tm.pollingInterval
+				if errors.Is(err, ethereum.NotFound) {
+					if watchStart(watches).Add(transactionWatchNotFoundTimeout).Before(time.Now()) {
+						cancelledNonces = append(cancelledNonces, nonceGroup)
+					}
 					continue
 				}
 				return err
diff --git a/pkg/transaction/monitor_test.go b/pkg/transaction/monitor_test.go
index 7b88e84629f..0217f162284 100644
--- a/pkg/transaction/monitor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transaction/monitor_test.go
@@ -388,4 +388,41 @@ func TestMonitorWatchTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("missing transaction", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		var blocks []backendsimulation.Block
+		for i := range transaction.MaxBlocksToWait + 1 {
+			blocks = append(blocks, backendsimulation.Block{Number: uint64(i)})
+		}
+		monitor := transaction.NewMonitor(
+			logger,
+			backendsimulation.New(
+				backendsimulation.WithBlocks(blocks...),
+			),
+			sender,
+			pollingInterval,
+			cancellationDepth,
+		)
+
+		receiptC, errC, err := monitor.WatchTransaction(txHash, nonce)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-receiptC:
+			t.Fatal("got receipt")
+		case err := <-errC:
+			if !errors.Is(err, transaction.ErrTransactionCancelled) {
+				t.Fatalf("got wrong error. wanted %v, got %v", transaction.ErrTransactionCancelled, err)
+			}
+		case <-time.After(testTimeout):
+			t.Fatal("timed out")
+		}
+
+		err = monitor.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	})
 }