diff --git a/src/script/interpreter.cpp b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
index 80a32e78f9..7f8b371d60 100644
--- a/src/script/interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
@@ -1030,16 +1030,17 @@ public:
 
 uint256 SignatureHash(const CScript& scriptCode, const CTransaction& txTo, unsigned int nIn, int nHashType)
 {
+    static const uint256 one("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001");
     if (nIn >= txTo.vin.size()) {
         //  nIn out of range
-        return 1;
+        return one;
     }
 
     // Check for invalid use of SIGHASH_SINGLE
     if ((nHashType & 0x1f) == SIGHASH_SINGLE) {
         if (nIn >= txTo.vout.size()) {
             //  nOut out of range
-            return 1;
+            return one;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp b/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
index a9d2f9e8ca..036f70ec0f 100644
--- a/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ extern Array read_json(const std::string& jsondata);
 // Old script.cpp SignatureHash function
 uint256 static SignatureHashOld(CScript scriptCode, const CTransaction& txTo, unsigned int nIn, int nHashType)
 {
+    static const uint256 one("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001");
     if (nIn >= txTo.vin.size())
     {
         printf("ERROR: SignatureHash() : nIn=%d out of range\n", nIn);
-        return 1;
+        return one;
     }
     CMutableTransaction txTmp(txTo);
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ uint256 static SignatureHashOld(CScript scriptCode, const CTransaction& txTo, un
         if (nOut >= txTmp.vout.size())
         {
             printf("ERROR: SignatureHash() : nOut=%d out of range\n", nOut);
-            return 1;
+            return one;
         }
         txTmp.vout.resize(nOut+1);
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nOut; i++)