diff --git a/RNS/Identity.py b/RNS/Identity.py
index db57218d..a2512efe 100644
--- a/RNS/Identity.py
+++ b/RNS/Identity.py
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class Identity:
             return None
 
     @staticmethod
-    def validate_announce(packet, only_validate_signature=False):
+    def validate_announce(packet, only_validate_signature=False, signal_blackholed=False):
         try:
             if packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE:
                 keysize       = Identity.KEYSIZE//8
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ class Identity:
                 if len(RNS.Transport.blackholed_identities) > 0:
                     if announced_identity.hash in RNS.Transport.blackholed_identities:
                         RNS.log(f"Invalidated and dropped announce from blackholed identity {RNS.prettyhexrep(announced_identity.hash)}", RNS.LOG_EXTREME) if RNS.sl(RNS.LOG_EXTREME) else None
-                        return False
+                        if signal_blackholed: return "blackholed"
+                        else:                 return False
 
                 if announced_identity.pub != None and announced_identity.validate(signature, signed_data):
                     if only_validate_signature:
diff --git a/RNS/Transport.py b/RNS/Transport.py
index 52726335..abaaaae1 100755
--- a/RNS/Transport.py
+++ b/RNS/Transport.py
@@ -1665,10 +1665,10 @@ class Transport:
         # Ingress limit announces early
         if packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE:
             if not tc: traffic_class = Transport.TC_ANNOUNCE
-            announce_signature_valid = RNS.Identity.validate_announce(packet, only_validate_signature=True)
-            if not announce_signature_valid:
-                if not packet.receiving_interface: return None
-                else: return packet.receiving_interface.protocol_violation(f"Invalid announce signature for {RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash)}") if not packet.destination_hash in Transport.blackholed_identities else None
+            announce_signature_valid = RNS.Identity.validate_announce(packet, only_validate_signature=True, signal_blackholed=True)
+            if announce_signature_valid == "blackholed": return None
+            elif not announce_signature_valid:
+                return packet.receiving_interface.protocol_violation(f"Invalid announce signature for {RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash)}") if packet.receiving_interface else None
 
             elif packet.receiving_interface != None: packet.receiving_interface.received_announce(size=len(packet.raw))
             announced_destination_known = packet.destination_hash in Transport.path_table