diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 9364d18d304..33790d34903 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -1794,8 +1794,6 @@ UniValue listtransactions(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     // the user could have gotten from another RPC command prior to now
     pwallet->BlockUntilSyncedToCurrentChain();
 
-    LOCK2(cs_main, pwallet->cs_wallet);
-
     std::string strAccount = "*";
     if (!request.params[0].isNull())
         strAccount = request.params[0].get_str();
@@ -1817,20 +1815,25 @@ UniValue listtransactions(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     UniValue ret(UniValue::VARR);
 
-    const CWallet::TxItems & txOrdered = pwallet->wtxOrdered;
-
-    // iterate backwards until we have nCount items to return:
-    for (CWallet::TxItems::const_reverse_iterator it = txOrdered.rbegin(); it != txOrdered.rend(); ++it)
     {
-        CWalletTx *const pwtx = (*it).second.first;
-        if (pwtx != nullptr)
-            ListTransactions(pwallet, *pwtx, strAccount, 0, true, ret, filter);
-        CAccountingEntry *const pacentry = (*it).second.second;
-        if (pacentry != nullptr)
-            AcentryToJSON(*pacentry, strAccount, ret);
+        LOCK2(cs_main, pwallet->cs_wallet);
+
+        const CWallet::TxItems & txOrdered = pwallet->wtxOrdered;
 
-        if ((int)ret.size() >= (nCount+nFrom)) break;
+        // iterate backwards until we have nCount items to return:
+        for (CWallet::TxItems::const_reverse_iterator it = txOrdered.rbegin(); it != txOrdered.rend(); ++it)
+        {
+            CWalletTx *const pwtx = (*it).second.first;
+            if (pwtx != nullptr)
+                ListTransactions(pwallet, *pwtx, strAccount, 0, true, ret, filter);
+            CAccountingEntry *const pacentry = (*it).second.second;
+            if (pacentry != nullptr)
+                AcentryToJSON(*pacentry, strAccount, ret);
+
+            if ((int)ret.size() >= (nCount+nFrom)) break;
+        }
     }
+
     // ret is newest to oldest
 
     if (nFrom > (int)ret.size())