diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 37a4186e0a..9c06a3d940 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -919,12 +919,13 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState& state, const C
             // SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK requires SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, so we
             // need to turn both off, and compare against just turning off CLEANSTACK
             // to see if the failure is specifically due to witness validation.
-            if (!tx.HasWitness() && CheckInputs(tx, state, view, true, scriptVerifyFlags & ~(SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS | SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK), true, txdata) &&
-                !CheckInputs(tx, state, view, true, scriptVerifyFlags & ~SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK, true, txdata)) {
+            CValidationState stateDummy; // Want reported failures to be from first CheckInputs
+            if (!tx.HasWitness() && CheckInputs(tx, stateDummy, view, true, scriptVerifyFlags & ~(SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS | SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK), true, txdata) &&
+                !CheckInputs(tx, stateDummy, view, true, scriptVerifyFlags & ~SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK, true, txdata)) {
                 // Only the witness is missing, so the transaction itself may be fine.
                 state.SetCorruptionPossible();
             }
-            return false;
+            return false; // state filled in by CheckInputs
         }
 
         // Check again against just the consensus-critical mandatory script