diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
index e44fea7d7..b2f7c4e1b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
@@ -6125,7 +6125,7 @@ void wallet2::commit_tx(pending_tx& ptx)
       amount_in += m_transfers[idx].amount();
   }
   add_unconfirmed_tx(ptx.tx, amount_in, dests, payment_id, ptx.change_dts.amount, ptx.construction_data.subaddr_account, ptx.construction_data.subaddr_indices);
-  if (store_tx_info())
+  if (store_tx_info() && ptx.tx_key != crypto::null_skey)
   {
     m_tx_keys.insert(std::make_pair(txid, ptx.tx_key));
     m_additional_tx_keys.insert(std::make_pair(txid, ptx.additional_tx_keys));
@@ -6314,7 +6314,7 @@ bool wallet2::sign_tx(unsigned_tx_set &exported_txs, std::vector<wallet2::pendin
     // normally, the tx keys are saved in commit_tx, when the tx is actually sent to the daemon.
     // we can't do that here since the tx will be sent from the compromised wallet, which we don't want
     // to see that info, so we save it here
-    if (store_tx_info())
+    if (store_tx_info() && ptx.tx_key != crypto::null_skey)
     {
       const crypto::hash txid = get_transaction_hash(ptx.tx);
       m_tx_keys.insert(std::make_pair(txid, tx_key));
@@ -10310,6 +10310,8 @@ bool wallet2::get_tx_key_cached(const crypto::hash &txid, crypto::secret_key &tx
   if (i == m_tx_keys.end())
     return false;
   tx_key = i->second;
+  if (tx_key == crypto::null_skey)
+    return false;
   const auto j = m_additional_tx_keys.find(txid);
   if (j != m_additional_tx_keys.end())
     additional_tx_keys = j->second;
@@ -10321,6 +10323,7 @@ bool wallet2::get_tx_key(const crypto::hash &txid, crypto::secret_key &tx_key, s
   bool r = get_tx_key_cached(txid, tx_key, additional_tx_keys);
   if (r)
   {
+    MDEBUG("tx key cached for txid: " << txid);
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -10381,6 +10384,12 @@ bool wallet2::get_tx_key(const crypto::hash &txid, crypto::secret_key &tx_key, s
   std::vector<crypto::secret_key> tx_keys;
   dev_cold->get_tx_key(tx_keys, tx_key_data, m_account.get_keys().m_view_secret_key);
   if (tx_keys.empty())
+  {
+    MDEBUG("Empty tx keys for txid: " << txid);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (tx_keys[0] == crypto::null_skey)
   {
     return false;
   }
@@ -10388,7 +10397,6 @@ bool wallet2::get_tx_key(const crypto::hash &txid, crypto::secret_key &tx_key, s
   tx_key = tx_keys[0];
   tx_keys.erase(tx_keys.begin());
   additional_tx_keys = tx_keys;
-
   return true;
 }
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------