diff --git a/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs b/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs
index f8e6f6b31723..2cdde9951be9 100644
--- a/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs
+++ b/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ impl DataAvailabilityDispatcher {
         };
 
         let inclusion_data = if self.config.use_dummy_inclusion_data() {
+            Some(InclusionData { data: vec![] })
+        } else {
             self.client
                 .get_inclusion_data(blob_info.blob_id.as_str())
                 .await
@@ -146,10 +148,6 @@ impl DataAvailabilityDispatcher {
                         blob_info.blob_id, blob_info.l1_batch_number
                     )
                 })?
-        } else {
-            // if the inclusion verification is disabled, we don't need to wait for the inclusion
-            // data before committing the batch, so simply return an empty vector
-            Some(InclusionData { data: vec![] })
         };
 
         let Some(inclusion_data) = inclusion_data else {