diff --git a/src/llmq/net_quorum.cpp b/src/llmq/net_quorum.cpp
index 97015bad6252..c5a1c3320886 100644
--- a/src/llmq/net_quorum.cpp
+++ b/src/llmq/net_quorum.cpp
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ void NetQuorum::ProcessMessage(CNode& pfrom, const std::string& msg_type, CDataS
         const bool request_limit_exceeded = !m_qman.RegisterDataRequest(key, request, /*add_expiry_bias=*/false);
 
         if (!Params().GetLLMQ(request.GetLLMQType()).has_value()) {
-            if (sendQDATA(CQuorumDataRequest::Errors::QUORUM_TYPE_INVALID, request_limit_exceeded)) {
-                m_peer_manager->PeerMisbehaving(pfrom.GetId(), 25, "request limit exceeded");
-            }
+            // Unlike the misses below, this one cannot be explained by the peer being ahead of
+            // us: no quorum of an unregistered type can exist on this chain, so there is
+            // nothing to ask about. Answer with the error anyway, then score in full.
+            sendQDATA(CQuorumDataRequest::Errors::QUORUM_TYPE_INVALID, request_limit_exceeded);
+            m_peer_manager->PeerMisbehaving(pfrom.GetId(), 100, "invalid llmqType in QGETDATA");
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_quorum_data.py b/test/functional/p2p_quorum_data.py
index ec649154ac2a..baa65f98267a 100755
--- a/test/functional/p2p_quorum_data.py
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_quorum_data.py
@@ -326,10 +326,14 @@ def send_bad_qdata_expect_disconnect(bad_qdata):
             qgetdata_invalid_block = msg_qgetdata(protx_hash_int, 100, 0x01, protx_hash_int)
             qgetdata_invalid_quorum = msg_qgetdata(int(mn2.get_node(self).getblockhash(0), 16), 100, 0x01, protx_hash_int)
             qgetdata_invalid_no_member = msg_qgetdata(quorum_hash_int, 100, 0x02, quorum_hash_int)
-            p2p_mn2.test_qgetdata(qgetdata_invalid_type, QUORUM_TYPE_INVALID)
             p2p_mn2.test_qgetdata(qgetdata_invalid_block, QUORUM_BLOCK_NOT_FOUND)
             p2p_mn2.test_qgetdata(qgetdata_invalid_quorum, QUORUM_NOT_FOUND)
             p2p_mn2.test_qgetdata(qgetdata_invalid_no_member, MASTERNODE_IS_NO_MEMBER)
+            # An unregistered LLMQ type is answered like the misses above, but unlike them it
+            # cannot be explained by the peer being ahead of us, so it is scored in full too.
+            # Kept last: the peer is dropped once it is.
+            p2p_mn2.test_qgetdata(qgetdata_invalid_type, QUORUM_TYPE_INVALID)
+            self.wait_until(lambda: not p2p_mn2.is_connected, timeout=10)
             # The last two error case require the node to miss its DKG data so we just reindex the node.
             mn2.get_node(self).disconnect_p2ps()
             self.restart_mn(mn1, reindex=True)