diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
index f5f1a2f9a..2e7ef3e1b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -646,30 +646,61 @@ namespace cryptonote
       e.prunable_hash = epee::string_tools::pod_to_hex(std::get<2>(tx));
       if (req.split || req.prune || std::get<3>(tx).empty())
       {
+        // use splitted form with pruned and prunable (filled only when prune=false and the daemon has it), leaving as_hex as empty
         e.pruned_as_hex = string_tools::buff_to_hex_nodelimer(std::get<1>(tx));
         if (!req.prune)
           e.prunable_as_hex = string_tools::buff_to_hex_nodelimer(std::get<3>(tx));
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        cryptonote::blobdata tx_data;
-        if (req.prune)
-          tx_data = std::get<1>(tx);
-        else
-          tx_data = std::get<1>(tx) + std::get<3>(tx);
-        e.as_hex = string_tools::buff_to_hex_nodelimer(tx_data);
-        if (req.decode_as_json && !tx_data.empty())
+        if (req.decode_as_json)
         {
+          cryptonote::blobdata tx_data;
           cryptonote::transaction t;
-          if (cryptonote::parse_and_validate_tx_from_blob(tx_data, t))
+          if (req.prune || std::get<3>(tx).empty())
           {
-            if (req.prune)
+            // decode pruned tx to JSON
+            tx_data = std::get<1>(tx);
+            if (cryptonote::parse_and_validate_tx_base_from_blob(tx_data, t))
             {
               pruned_transaction pruned_tx{t};
               e.as_json = obj_to_json_str(pruned_tx);
             }
             else
+            {
+              res.status = "Failed to parse and validate pruned tx from blob";
+              return true;
+            }
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            // decode full tx to JSON
+            tx_data = std::get<1>(tx) + std::get<3>(tx);
+            if (cryptonote::parse_and_validate_tx_from_blob(tx_data, t))
+            {
               e.as_json = obj_to_json_str(t);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+              res.status = "Failed to parse and validate tx from blob";
+              return true;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        // use non-splitted form, leaving pruned_as_hex and prunable_as_hex as empty
+        cryptonote::blobdata tx_data = std::get<1>(tx) + std::get<3>(tx);
+        e.as_hex = string_tools::buff_to_hex_nodelimer(tx_data);
+        if (req.decode_as_json)
+        {
+          cryptonote::transaction t;
+          if (cryptonote::parse_and_validate_tx_from_blob(tx_data, t))
+          {
+            e.as_json = obj_to_json_str(t);
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            res.status = "Failed to parse and validate tx from blob";
+            return true;
           }
         }
       }