diff --git a/process/block/baseProcess.go b/process/block/baseProcess.go
index e2b53abe93..45ab3688c5 100644
--- a/process/block/baseProcess.go
+++ b/process/block/baseProcess.go
@@ -1224,7 +1224,12 @@ func (bp *baseProcessor) checkMiniBlockWithMiniBlockHeaderProposal(mbHash []byte
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return bp.checkConstructionStateProcessingTypeAndIndexesCorrectnessProposal(mbHdr)
+	err = bp.checkConstructionStateProcessingTypeAndIndexesCorrectnessProposal(mbHdr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return process.CheckMiniBlock(miniBlock, bp.shardCoordinator)
 }
 
 func (bp *baseProcessor) checkMiniBlockWithMiniBlockHeader(mbHash []byte, mbHdr data.MiniBlockHeaderHandler, miniBlock *block.MiniBlock, blockShardID uint32) error {
diff --git a/process/block/baseProcess_test.go b/process/block/baseProcess_test.go
index 3032f7f202..da362d74e3 100644
--- a/process/block/baseProcess_test.go
+++ b/process/block/baseProcess_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go/core"
 	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go/core/check"
 	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go/core/keyValStorage"
+	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go/core/sharding"
 	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go/data"
 	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go/data/block"
 	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go/data/rewardTx"
@@ -4555,7 +4556,9 @@ func TestCheckHeaderBodyCorrelationProposal(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("should work", func(t *testing.T) {
-		arguments := CreateMockArguments(createComponentHolderMocks())
+		coreComponents, dataComponents, bootstrapComponents, statusComponents := createComponentHolderMocks()
+		bootstrapComponents.Coordinator, _ = sharding.NewMultiShardCoordinator(3, 0)
+		arguments := CreateMockArguments(coreComponents, dataComponents, bootstrapComponents, statusComponents)
 		bp, _ := blproc.NewShardProcessor(arguments)
 
 		miniBlock := &block.MiniBlock{
diff --git a/process/coordinator/process.go b/process/coordinator/process.go
index b5a27f108c..728084ccc1 100644
--- a/process/coordinator/process.go
+++ b/process/coordinator/process.go
@@ -439,13 +439,14 @@ func (tc *transactionCoordinator) processMiniBlocksFromMe(
 	body *block.Body,
 	haveTime func() bool,
 ) error {
+	selfId := tc.shardCoordinator.SelfId()
 	for _, mb := range body.MiniBlocks {
 		err := process.CheckMiniBlock(mb, tc.shardCoordinator)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if mb.SenderShardID != tc.shardCoordinator.SelfId() {
+		if mb.SenderShardID != selfId {
 			return process.ErrMiniBlocksInWrongOrder
 		}
 	}
@@ -484,40 +485,6 @@ func (tc *transactionCoordinator) processMiniBlocksFromMe(
 	return nil
 }
 
-// TODO consider calling this from VerifyBlockProposal instead of ProcessBlockProposal
-func (tc *transactionCoordinator) checkMiniBlock(
-	miniBlock *block.MiniBlock,
-) error {
-	// there are checks for non existing shard id at interceptors level
-
-	if miniBlock.SenderShardID != tc.shardCoordinator.SelfId() && miniBlock.GetReceiverShardID() != tc.shardCoordinator.SelfId() && miniBlock.GetReceiverShardID() != core.AllShardId {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w - not valid shard ids: block type: %s, sender shard id: %d, receiver shard id: %d",
-			process.ErrInvalidShardId,
-			miniBlock.Type,
-			miniBlock.SenderShardID,
-			miniBlock.ReceiverShardID)
-	}
-
-	if miniBlock.GetType() == block.PeerBlock &&
-		(miniBlock.GetSenderShardID() != core.MetachainShardId || miniBlock.GetReceiverShardID() != core.AllShardId) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w - peer blocks: block type: %s, sender shard id: %d, receiver shard id: %d",
-			process.ErrInvalidShardId,
-			miniBlock.Type,
-			miniBlock.SenderShardID,
-			miniBlock.ReceiverShardID)
-	}
-
-	if miniBlock.GetType() != block.PeerBlock && miniBlock.GetReceiverShardID() == core.AllShardId {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w - invalid all shard ids: block type: %s, sender shard id: %d, receiver shard id: %d",
-			process.ErrInvalidShardId,
-			miniBlock.Type,
-			miniBlock.SenderShardID,
-			miniBlock.ReceiverShardID)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (tc *transactionCoordinator) processMiniBlocksToMe(
 	header data.HeaderHandler,
 	body *block.Body,
@@ -537,6 +504,7 @@ func (tc *transactionCoordinator) processMiniBlocksToMe(
 	// processing has to be done in order, as the order of different type of transactions over the same account is strict
 	// processing destination ME miniblocks first
 	mbIndex := 0
+	selfId := tc.shardCoordinator.SelfId()
 	for mbIndex = 0; mbIndex < len(body.MiniBlocks); mbIndex++ {
 		miniBlock := body.MiniBlocks[mbIndex]
 
@@ -545,7 +513,7 @@ func (tc *transactionCoordinator) processMiniBlocksToMe(
 			return mbIndex, err
 		}
 
-		if miniBlock.SenderShardID == tc.shardCoordinator.SelfId() {
+		if miniBlock.SenderShardID == selfId {
 			return mbIndex, nil
 		}