diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 5a98481c5..2e20c0e0a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ bool CWallet::ImportScriptPubKeys(const std::string& label, const std::set<CScri
         CTxDestination dest;
         ExtractDestination(script, dest);
         if (!internal && IsValidDestination(dest)) {
-            SetAddressBook(dest, label, "receive");
+            SetAddressBookWithDB(batch, dest, label, "receive");
         }
     }
     return true;
@@ -3280,8 +3280,7 @@ DBErrors CWallet::ZapWalletTx(std::vector<CWalletTx>& vWtx)
     return DBErrors::LOAD_OK;
 }
 
-
-bool CWallet::SetAddressBook(const CTxDestination& address, const std::string& strName, const std::string& strPurpose)
+bool CWallet::SetAddressBookWithDB(WalletBatch& batch, const CTxDestination& address, const std::string& strName, const std::string& strPurpose)
 {
     bool fUpdated = false;
     {
@@ -3294,9 +3293,15 @@ bool CWallet::SetAddressBook(const CTxDestination& address, const std::string& s
     }
     NotifyAddressBookChanged(this, address, strName, ::IsMine(*this, address) != ISMINE_NO,
                              strPurpose, (fUpdated ? CT_UPDATED : CT_NEW) );
-    if (!strPurpose.empty() && !WalletBatch(*database).WritePurpose(EncodeDestination(address), strPurpose))
+    if (!strPurpose.empty() && !batch.WritePurpose(EncodeDestination(address), strPurpose))
         return false;
-    return WalletBatch(*database).WriteName(EncodeDestination(address), strName);
+    return batch.WriteName(EncodeDestination(address), strName);
+}
+
+bool CWallet::SetAddressBook(const CTxDestination& address, const std::string& strName, const std::string& strPurpose)
+{
+    WalletBatch batch(*database);
+    return SetAddressBookWithDB(batch, address, strName, strPurpose);
 }
 
 bool CWallet::DelAddressBook(const CTxDestination& address)
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index e22beb138..f627cc59a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@ private:
 
     void AddKeypoolPubkeyWithDB(const CPubKey& pubkey, const bool internal, WalletBatch& batch);
 
+    bool SetAddressBookWithDB(WalletBatch& batch, const CTxDestination& address, const std::string& strName, const std::string& strPurpose);
+
     //! Adds a script to the store and saves it to disk
     bool AddCScriptWithDB(WalletBatch& batch, const CScript& script);