diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index ae4f4f37cbc..0860d3565c1 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ UniValue bumpfee(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     UniValue errors(UniValue::VARR);
     for (const std::string& err: feeBump.getErrors())
         errors.push_back(err);
-    result.push_back(errors);
+    result.push_back(Pair("errors", errors));
 
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/bumpfee.py b/test/functional/bumpfee.py
index 54fd7740c1f..aaed4206901 100755
--- a/test/functional/bumpfee.py
+++ b/test/functional/bumpfee.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def test_simple_bumpfee_succeeds(rbf_node, peer_node, dest_address):
     sync_mempools((rbf_node, peer_node))
     assert rbfid in rbf_node.getrawmempool() and rbfid in peer_node.getrawmempool()
     bumped_tx = rbf_node.bumpfee(rbfid)
+    assert_equal(bumped_tx["errors"], [])
     assert bumped_tx["fee"] - abs(rbftx["fee"]) > 0
     # check that bumped_tx propogates, original tx was evicted and has a wallet conflict
     sync_mempools((rbf_node, peer_node))