diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 40ad69f61..23900cbd6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -226,10 +226,6 @@ static UniValue getrawchangeaddress(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Error: This wallet has no available keys");
     }
 
-    if (!pwallet->IsLocked()) {
-        pwallet->TopUpKeyPool();
-    }
-
     OutputType output_type = pwallet->m_default_change_type != OutputType::CHANGE_AUTO ? pwallet->m_default_change_type : pwallet->m_default_address_type;
     if (!request.params[0].isNull()) {
         if (!ParseOutputType(request.params[0].get_str(), output_type)) {
@@ -237,12 +233,11 @@ static UniValue getrawchangeaddress(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         }
     }
 
-    ReserveDestination reservedest(pwallet);
     CTxDestination dest;
-    if (!reservedest.GetReservedDestination(output_type, dest, true))
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_KEYPOOL_RAN_OUT, "Error: Keypool ran out, please call keypoolrefill first");
-
-    reservedest.KeepDestination();
+    std::string error;
+    if (!pwallet->GetNewChangeDestination(output_type, dest, error)) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_KEYPOOL_RAN_OUT, error);
+    }
     return EncodeDestination(dest);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 4f632266b..108f4d679 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -3531,6 +3531,23 @@ bool CWallet::GetNewDestination(const OutputType type, const std::string label,
     return true;
 }
 
+bool CWallet::GetNewChangeDestination(const OutputType type, CTxDestination& dest, std::string& error)
+{
+    error.clear();
+    if (!IsLocked()) {
+        TopUpKeyPool();
+    }
+
+    ReserveDestination reservedest(this);
+    if (!reservedest.GetReservedDestination(type, dest, true)) {
+        error = "Error: Keypool ran out, please call keypoolrefill first";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    reservedest.KeepDestination();
+    return true;
+}
+
 static int64_t GetOldestKeyTimeInPool(const std::set<int64_t>& setKeyPool, WalletBatch& batch) {
     if (setKeyPool.empty()) {
         return GetTime();
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index f1a3c760a..8a0665b19 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ public:
     std::set<CTxDestination> GetLabelAddresses(const std::string& label) const;
 
     bool GetNewDestination(const OutputType type, const std::string label, CTxDestination& dest, std::string& error);
+    bool GetNewChangeDestination(const OutputType type, CTxDestination& dest, std::string& error);
 
     isminetype IsMine(const CTxIn& txin) const;
     /**