diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24eaa6173..e6a17a0a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Refetch latest da height instead of da height +1 when P2P is offline [#3201](https://github.com/evstack/ev-node/pull/3201)
 - Fix race on startup sync. [#3162](https://github.com/evstack/ev-node/pull/3162)
 - Strict raft state. [#3167](https://github.com/evstack/ev-node/pull/3167)
 - Retry fetching the timestamp on error in da-client [#3166](https://github.com/evstack/ev-node/pull/3166)
diff --git a/block/internal/syncing/syncer.go b/block/internal/syncing/syncer.go
index 3dcf80ea3..a1b926725 100644
--- a/block/internal/syncing/syncer.go
+++ b/block/internal/syncing/syncer.go
@@ -355,7 +355,12 @@ func (s *Syncer) initializeState() error {
 
 	// Set DA height to the maximum of the genesis start height, the state's DA height, and the cached DA height.
 	// The cache's DaHeight() is initialized from store metadata, so it's always correct even after cache clear.
-	s.daRetrieverHeight.Store(max(s.genesis.DAStartHeight, s.cache.DaHeight(), state.DAHeight))
+	// Only use cache.DaHeight() when P2P is actively syncing (headerStore has higher height than current state).
+	daHeight := max(s.genesis.DAStartHeight, min(state.DAHeight-1, 0))
+	if s.headerStore != nil && s.headerStore.Height() > state.LastBlockHeight {
+		daHeight = max(daHeight, s.cache.DaHeight())
+	}
+	s.daRetrieverHeight.Store(daHeight)
 
 	s.logger.Info().
 		Uint64("height", state.LastBlockHeight).