diff --git a/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs b/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs
index 8ec2d9584ac4..337e46fd734e 100644
--- a/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs
+++ b/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use zksync_db_connection::{
     error::{DalError, DalResult, SqlxContext},
     instrument::{InstrumentExt, Instrumented},
 };
-use zksync_types::{L1BatchNumber, L2BlockNumber};
+use zksync_types::L2BlockNumber;
 
 pub use crate::consensus::Payload;
 use crate::{Core, CoreDal};
@@ -409,29 +409,12 @@ impl ConsensusDal<'_, '_> {
     ///
     /// Insertion is allowed even if it creates gaps in the L1 batch history.
     ///
-    /// It fails if the batch payload is missing or it's not consistent with the QC.
+    /// This method assumes that all payload validation has been carried out by the caller.
     pub async fn insert_batch_certificate(
         &mut self,
         cert: &attester::BatchQC,
     ) -> Result<(), InsertCertificateError> {
-        use InsertCertificateError as E;
-        let mut txn = self.storage.start_transaction().await?;
-
-        let l1_batch_number = L1BatchNumber(cert.message.number.0 as u32);
-        let _l1_batch_header = txn
-            .blocks_dal()
-            .get_l1_batch_header(l1_batch_number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(E::MissingPayload)?;
-
-        // TODO: Verify that the certificate matches the stored batch:
-        // * add the hash of the batch to the `BatchQC`
-        // * find out which field in the `l1_batches` table contains the hash we need to match
-        // * ideally move the responsibility of validation outside this method
-
-        // if header.payload != want_payload.encode().hash() {
-        //     return Err(E::PayloadMismatch);
-        // }
+        let l1_batch_number = cert.message.number.0 as i64;
 
         let res = sqlx::query!(
             r#"
@@ -441,20 +424,18 @@ impl ConsensusDal<'_, '_> {
                 ($1, $2, NOW(), NOW())
             ON CONFLICT (l1_batch_number) DO NOTHING
             "#,
-            i64::from(l1_batch_number.0),
+            l1_batch_number,
             zksync_protobuf::serde::serialize(cert, serde_json::value::Serializer).unwrap(),
         )
         .instrument("insert_batch_certificate")
         .report_latency()
-        .execute(&mut txn)
+        .execute(self.storage)
         .await?;
 
         if res.rows_affected().is_zero() {
-            tracing::debug!(%l1_batch_number, "duplicate batch certificate");
+            tracing::debug!(l1_batch_number, "duplicate batch certificate");
         }
 
-        txn.commit().await.context("commit")?;
-
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/core/node/consensus/src/storage/connection.rs b/core/node/consensus/src/storage/connection.rs
index e10f7a824918..d0d68aa12076 100644
--- a/core/node/consensus/src/storage/connection.rs
+++ b/core/node/consensus/src/storage/connection.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use zksync_concurrency::{ctx, error::Wrap as _, time};
 use zksync_consensus_roles::{attester, validator};
 use zksync_consensus_storage::{self as storage, BatchStoreState};
 use zksync_dal::{consensus_dal::Payload, Core, CoreDal, DalError};
+use zksync_l1_contract_interface::i_executor::structures::StoredBatchInfo;
 use zksync_node_sync::{fetcher::IoCursorExt as _, ActionQueueSender, SyncState};
 use zksync_state_keeper::io::common::IoCursor;
 use zksync_types::{commitment::L1BatchWithMetadata, L1BatchNumber};
@@ -120,6 +121,26 @@ impl<'a> Connection<'a> {
         ctx: &ctx::Ctx,
         cert: &attester::BatchQC,
     ) -> Result<(), InsertCertificateError> {
+        use crate::storage::consensus_dal::InsertCertificateError as E;
+
+        let l1_batch_number = L1BatchNumber(cert.message.number.0 as u32);
+
+        let Some(l1_batch) = self
+            .0
+            .blocks_dal()
+            .get_l1_batch_metadata(l1_batch_number)
+            .await
+            .map_err(E::Dal)?
+        else {
+            return Err(E::MissingPayload.into());
+        };
+
+        let l1_batch_info = StoredBatchInfo::from(&l1_batch);
+
+        if l1_batch_info.hash().0 != *cert.message.hash.0.as_bytes() {
+            return Err(E::PayloadMismatch.into());
+        }
+
         Ok(ctx
             .wait(self.0.consensus_dal().insert_batch_certificate(cert))
             .await??)