diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 8d9c20701..950b1e1ac 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -1090,15 +1090,13 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     // TODO: temporary migration code for old clients. Remove in v0.20
     if (request.params[1].isBool()) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Second argument must be numeric (maxfeerate) and no longer supports a boolean. To allow a transaction with high fees, set maxfeerate to 0.");
-    } else if (request.params[1].isNum()) {
+    } else if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
         size_t weight = GetTransactionWeight(*tx);
         CFeeRate fr(AmountFromValue(request.params[1]));
         // the +3/4 part rounds the value up, and is the same formula used when
         // calculating the fee for a transaction
         // (see GetVirtualTransactionSize)
         max_raw_tx_fee = fr.GetFee((weight+3)/4);
-    } else if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "second argument (maxfeerate) must be numeric");
     }
 
     uint256 txid;
@@ -1172,15 +1170,13 @@ static UniValue testmempoolaccept(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     // TODO: temporary migration code for old clients. Remove in v0.20
     if (request.params[1].isBool()) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Second argument must be numeric (maxfeerate) and no longer supports a boolean. To allow a transaction with high fees, set maxfeerate to 0.");
-    } else if (request.params[1].isNum()) {
+    } else if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
         size_t weight = GetTransactionWeight(*tx);
         CFeeRate fr(AmountFromValue(request.params[1]));
         // the +3/4 part rounds the value up, and is the same formula used when
         // calculating the fee for a transaction
         // (see GetVirtualTransactionSize)
         max_raw_tx_fee = fr.GetFee((weight+3)/4);
-    } else if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "second argument (maxfeerate) must be numeric");
     }
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VARR);
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py b/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
index 8c82b0ae4..6e71817dc 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ class RawTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         # and sendrawtransaction should throw
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-26, "absurdly-high-fee", self.nodes[2].sendrawtransaction, rawTxSigned['hex'], 0.00001000)
         # And below calls should both succeed
-        testres = self.nodes[2].testmempoolaccept(rawtxs=[rawTxSigned['hex']], maxfeerate=0.00007000)[0]
+        testres = self.nodes[2].testmempoolaccept(rawtxs=[rawTxSigned['hex']], maxfeerate='0.00007000')[0]
         assert_equal(testres['allowed'], True)
-        self.nodes[2].sendrawtransaction(hexstring=rawTxSigned['hex'], maxfeerate=0.00007000)
+        self.nodes[2].sendrawtransaction(hexstring=rawTxSigned['hex'], maxfeerate='0.00007000')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':