diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index aa6927d56..2930c476e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -865,6 +865,9 @@ UniValue sendrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     bool fHaveChain = existingCoins && existingCoins->nHeight < 1000000000;
     if (!fHaveMempool && !fHaveChain) {
         // push to local node and sync with wallets
+        if (fInstantSend && !instantsend.ProcessTxLockRequest(tx)) {
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ERROR, "Not a valid InstantSend transaction, see debug.log for more info");
+        }
         CValidationState state;
         bool fMissingInputs;
         if (!AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, state, tx, false, &fMissingInputs, false, !fOverrideFees)) {
@@ -880,9 +883,6 @@ UniValue sendrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     } else if (fHaveChain) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ALREADY_IN_CHAIN, "transaction already in block chain");
     }
-    if (fInstantSend && !instantsend.ProcessTxLockRequest(tx)) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ERROR, "Not a valid InstantSend transaction, see debug.log for more info");
-    }
     if(!g_connman)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_P2P_DISABLED, "Error: Peer-to-peer functionality missing or disabled");