diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp
index 9c4cdc3a9..14fcb628e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ UniValue SignTransaction(CMutableTransaction& mtx, const UniValue& prevTxsUnival
                     // Automatically also add the P2WSH wrapped version of the script (to deal with P2SH-P2WSH).
                     keystore->AddCScript(GetScriptForWitness(witnessScript));
                 }
+                if (rs.isNull() && ws.isNull()) {
+                    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Missing redeemScript/witnessScript");
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_createmultisig.py b/test/functional/rpc_createmultisig.py
index 58010f7c2..62f384375 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_createmultisig.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_createmultisig.py
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ class RpcCreateMultiSigTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         outval = value - decimal.Decimal("0.00001000")
         rawtx = node2.createrawtransaction([{"txid": txid, "vout": vout}], [{self.final: outval}])
 
+        prevtx_err = dict(prevtxs[0])
+        del prevtx_err["redeemScript"]
+
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "Missing redeemScript/witnessScript", node2.signrawtransactionwithkey, rawtx, self.priv[0:self.nsigs-1], [prevtx_err])
+
         rawtx2 = node2.signrawtransactionwithkey(rawtx, self.priv[0:self.nsigs - 1], prevtxs)
         rawtx3 = node2.signrawtransactionwithkey(rawtx2["hex"], [self.priv[-1]], prevtxs)