diff --git a/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py b/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
index 2e3a519b..bd992c95 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ async def trades_dialogue(
         if not client._api_key:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 'Missing Kraken API key in `brokers.toml`!?!?')
+
         # TODO: make ems flip to paper mode via
         # some returned signal if the user only wants to use
         # the data feed or we return this?
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ async def trades_dialogue(
                                         f'{pformat(updated)}'
                                     )
 
-                        if not has_pp(dst):
+                        if not has_pp(dst, size):
                             raise ValueError(
                                 'Could not reproduce balance:\n'
                                 f'dst: {dst}, {size}\n'