diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 029fa9f77a..0ba9c7d4a7 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ UniValue createwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Wallet file verification failed: " + error);
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<CWallet> const wallet = CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(wallet_name, fs::absolute(wallet_name, GetWalletDir()));
+    CWallet* const wallet = CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(wallet_name, fs::absolute(wallet_name, GetWalletDir()));
     if (!wallet) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Wallet creation failed.");
     }