diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 17c3c9ccd8..a75c0f708b 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -767,19 +767,19 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
         self.sync_all()
 
     def generate(self, generator, *args, **kwargs):
-        blocks = generator.generate(*args, **kwargs)
+        blocks = generator.generate(*args, invalid_call=False, **kwargs)
         return blocks
 
     def generateblock(self, generator, *args, **kwargs):
-        blocks = generator.generateblock(*args, **kwargs)
+        blocks = generator.generateblock(*args, invalid_call=False, **kwargs)
         return blocks
 
     def generatetoaddress(self, generator, *args, **kwargs):
-        blocks = generator.generatetoaddress(*args, **kwargs)
+        blocks = generator.generatetoaddress(*args, invalid_call=False, **kwargs)
         return blocks
 
     def generatetodescriptor(self, generator, *args, **kwargs):
-        blocks = generator.generatetodescriptor(*args, **kwargs)
+        blocks = generator.generatetodescriptor(*args, invalid_call=False, **kwargs)
         return blocks
 
     def sync_blocks(self, nodes=None, wait=1, timeout=60):
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
index dbdeb255de..ebd78f755e 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
@@ -317,9 +317,21 @@ class TestNode():
             time.sleep(1.0 / poll_per_s)
         self._raise_assertion_error("Unable to retrieve cookie credentials after {}s".format(self.rpc_timeout))
 
-    def generate(self, nblocks, maxtries=1000000):
+    def generate(self, nblocks, maxtries=1000000, **kwargs):
         self.log.debug("TestNode.generate() dispatches `generate` call to `generatetoaddress`")
-        return self.generatetoaddress(nblocks=nblocks, address=self.get_deterministic_priv_key().address, maxtries=maxtries)
+        return self.generatetoaddress(nblocks=nblocks, address=self.get_deterministic_priv_key().address, maxtries=maxtries, **kwargs)
+
+    def generateblock(self, *args, invalid_call, **kwargs):
+        assert not invalid_call
+        return self.__getattr__('generateblock')(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def generatetoaddress(self, *args, invalid_call, **kwargs):
+        assert not invalid_call
+        return self.__getattr__('generatetoaddress')(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def generatetodescriptor(self, *args, invalid_call, **kwargs):
+        assert not invalid_call
+        return self.__getattr__('generatetodescriptor')(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_wallet_rpc(self, wallet_name):
         if self.use_cli:
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/wallet.py b/test/functional/test_framework/wallet.py
index 16d2594568..6d494ee2c6 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/wallet.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/wallet.py
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ class MiniWallet:
                 break
         tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript([der_sig + bytes(bytearray([SIGHASH_ALL]))])
 
-    def generate(self, num_blocks):
+    def generate(self, num_blocks, **kwargs):
         """Generate blocks with coinbase outputs to the internal address, and append the outputs to the internal list"""
-        blocks = self._test_node.generatetodescriptor(num_blocks, self.get_descriptor())
+        blocks = self._test_node.generatetodescriptor(num_blocks, self.get_descriptor(), **kwargs)
         for b in blocks:
             block_info = self._test_node.getblock(blockhash=b, verbosity=2)
             cb_tx = block_info['tx'][0]
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py b/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py
index 7c8ae73641..ca7d8875c1 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class WalletDescriptorTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         send_wrpc = self.nodes[0].get_wallet_rpc("desc1")
 
         # Generate some coins
-        self.generatetoaddress(send_wrpc, 101, send_wrpc.getnewaddress())
+        self.generatetoaddress(self.nodes[0], 101, send_wrpc.getnewaddress())
 
         # Make transactions
         self.log.info("Test sending and receiving")
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_importdescriptors.py b/test/functional/wallet_importdescriptors.py
index ea5ba77048..d58b7fe83f 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_importdescriptors.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_importdescriptors.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class ImportDescriptorsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_equal(wpriv.getwalletinfo()['keypoolsize'], 0)
 
         self.log.info('Mining coins')
-        self.generatetoaddress(w0, 101, w0.getnewaddress())
+        self.generatetoaddress(self.nodes[0], 101, w0.getnewaddress())
 
         # RPC importdescriptors -----------------------------------------------
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class ImportDescriptorsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                      solvable=True,
                      ismine=True)
         txid = w0.sendtoaddress(address, 49.99995540)
-        self.generatetoaddress(w0, 6, w0.getnewaddress())
+        self.generatetoaddress(self.nodes[0], 6, w0.getnewaddress())
         self.sync_blocks()
         tx = wpriv.createrawtransaction([{"txid": txid, "vout": 0}], {w0.getnewaddress(): 49.999})
         signed_tx = wpriv.signrawtransactionwithwallet(tx)