diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
index 99d880daa..6a326bfd9 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ bool IsWalletLoaded(const fs::path& wallet_path)
     return database && database->IsDatabaseLoaded(database_filename);
 }
 
+fs::path WalletDataFilePath(const fs::path& wallet_path)
+{
+    fs::path env_directory;
+    std::string database_filename;
+    SplitWalletPath(wallet_path, env_directory, database_filename);
+    return env_directory / database_filename;
+}
+
 /**
  * @param[in] wallet_path Path to wallet directory. Or (for backwards compatibility only) a path to a berkeley btree data file inside a wallet directory.
  * @param[out] database_filename Filename of berkeley btree data file inside the wallet directory.
diff --git a/src/wallet/db.h b/src/wallet/db.h
index 9df965305..762fb83a2 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.h
+++ b/src/wallet/db.h
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public:
 /** Return whether a wallet database is currently loaded. */
 bool IsWalletLoaded(const fs::path& wallet_path);
 
+/** Given a wallet directory path or legacy file path, return path to main data file in the wallet database. */
+fs::path WalletDataFilePath(const fs::path& wallet_path);
+
 /** Get BerkeleyEnvironment and database filename given a wallet path. */
 std::shared_ptr<BerkeleyEnvironment> GetWalletEnv(const fs::path& wallet_path, std::string& database_filename);
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 02f3a265d..93f413293 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -4074,7 +4074,7 @@ bool CWallet::Verify(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, b
 
 std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, uint64_t wallet_creation_flags)
 {
-    const std::string& walletFile = location.GetName();
+    const std::string& walletFile = WalletDataFilePath(location.GetPath()).string();
 
     // needed to restore wallet transaction meta data after -zapwallettxes
     std::vector<CWalletTx> vWtx;
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index 2783f83fd..5149bb026 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -422,8 +422,15 @@ ReadKeyValue(CWallet* pwallet, CDataStream& ssKey, CDataStream& ssValue,
                 strType != "minversion" && strType != "acentry") {
             wss.m_unknown_records++;
         }
-    } catch (...)
-    {
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        if (strErr.empty()) {
+            strErr = e.what();
+        }
+        return false;
+    } catch (...) {
+        if (strErr.empty()) {
+            strErr = "Caught unknown exception in ReadKeyValue";
+        }
         return false;
     }
     return true;