diff --git a/node/Path.hpp b/node/Path.hpp
index 960b08b35..09ed1f9ea 100644
--- a/node/Path.hpp
+++ b/node/Path.hpp
@@ -87,19 +87,6 @@ public:
 		return ((_addr)&&((_fixed)||((now - _lastReceived) < ZT_PEER_PATH_ACTIVITY_TIMEOUT)));
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @return True if it appears that a ping has gone unanswered
-	 */
-	inline bool pingUnanswered(uint64_t now) const
-		throw()
-	{
-		uint64_t lp = _lastPing;
-		uint64_t lr = _lastReceived;
-		if (lp)
-			return ((lr < lp)&&((lp - lr) > ZT_PING_UNANSWERED_AFTER));
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return Human-readable address and other information about this path, some computed as of current time
 	 */
diff --git a/node/Peer.cpp b/node/Peer.cpp
index f8ff9ba63..0cd829098 100644
--- a/node/Peer.cpp
+++ b/node/Peer.cpp
@@ -150,18 +150,24 @@ bool Peer::sendPing(const RuntimeEnvironment *_r,uint64_t now,bool firstSinceRes
 {
 	bool sent = false;
 	SharedPtr<Peer> self(this);
+
 	Mutex::Lock _l(_lock);
 
+	// NOTE: this will never ping a peer that has *only* TCP paths. Right
+	// now there's never such a thing as TCP is only for failover.
+
 	bool pingTcp;
 	if (!firstSinceReset) {
 		// Do not use TCP if one of our UDP endpoints has answered recently.
-		pingTcp = true;
+		uint64_t lastPing = 0;
+		uint64_t lastDirectReceive = 0;
+
 		for(std::vector<Path>::iterator p(_paths.begin());p!=_paths.end();++p) {
-			if (!p->pingUnanswered(now)) {
-				pingTcp = false;
-				break;
-			}
+			lastPing = std::max(lastPing,p->lastPing());
+			lastDirectReceive = std::max(lastDirectReceive,p->lastReceived());
 		}
+
+		pingTcp = ( (lastDirectReceive < lastPing) && ((lastPing - lastDirectReceive) >= ZT_PING_UNANSWERED_AFTER) );
 	} else pingTcp = false;
 
 	TRACE("PING %s (pingTcp==%d)",_id.address().toString().c_str(),(int)pingTcp);