diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index ce09ecb75c..a19490c298 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2961,7 +2961,7 @@ static UniValue unloadwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         "Unloads the wallet referenced by the request endpoint otherwise unloads the wallet specified in the argument.\n"
         "Specifying the wallet name on a wallet endpoint is invalid.",
         {
-            {"wallet_name", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "the wallet name from the RPC endpoint", "The name of the wallet to unload. Must be provided in the RPC endpoint or this parameter (but not both)."},
+            {"wallet_name", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "the wallet name from the RPC endpoint", "The name of the wallet to unload. If provided both here and in the RPC endpoint, the two must be identical."},
             {"load_on_startup", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "null", "Save wallet name to persistent settings and load on startup. True to add wallet to startup list, false to remove, null to leave unchanged."},
         },
         RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "", {
@@ -2975,8 +2975,8 @@ static UniValue unloadwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     std::string wallet_name;
     if (GetWalletNameFromJSONRPCRequest(request, wallet_name)) {
-        if (!request.params[0].isNull()) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Both the RPC endpoint wallet and wallet_name parameter were provided (only one allowed)");
+        if (!(request.params[0].isNull() || request.params[0].get_str() == wallet_name)) {
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "RPC endpoint wallet and wallet_name parameter specify different wallets");
         }
     } else {
         wallet_name = request.params[0].get_str();
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py b/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
index 3752ddf520..f9c98caba5 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
@@ -339,13 +339,18 @@ class MultiWalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-1, "JSON value is not a string as expected", self.nodes[0].unloadwallet)
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-18, "Requested wallet does not exist or is not loaded", self.nodes[0].unloadwallet, "dummy")
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-18, "Requested wallet does not exist or is not loaded", node.get_wallet_rpc("dummy").unloadwallet)
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "Both the RPC endpoint wallet and wallet_name parameter were provided (only one allowed)", w1.unloadwallet, "w2"),
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "Both the RPC endpoint wallet and wallet_name parameter were provided (only one allowed)", w1.unloadwallet, "w1"),
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "RPC endpoint wallet and wallet_name parameter specify different wallets", w1.unloadwallet, "w2"),
 
         # Successfully unload the specified wallet name
         self.nodes[0].unloadwallet("w1")
         assert 'w1' not in self.nodes[0].listwallets()
 
+        # Unload w1 again, this time providing the wallet name twice
+        self.nodes[0].loadwallet("w1")
+        assert 'w1' in self.nodes[0].listwallets()
+        w1.unloadwallet("w1")
+        assert 'w1' not in self.nodes[0].listwallets()
+
         # Successfully unload the wallet referenced by the request endpoint
         # Also ensure unload works during walletpassphrase timeout
         w2.encryptwallet('test')