diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 39eeda5d..c1108b62 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Release 2.6.4 (bugfixes)
+ * fix coinchooser bug (#1703)
  * fix daemon JSONRPC (#1731)
  * fix command-line broadcast (#1728)
  * QT: add colors to labels
diff --git a/lib/coinchooser.py b/lib/coinchooser.py
index 51f640e4..0db5be8f 100644
--- a/lib/coinchooser.py
+++ b/lib/coinchooser.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class PRNG:
         return start + (r % n)
 
     def choice(self, seq):
-        return seq[self.randint(0, seq)]
+        return seq[self.randint(0, len(seq))]
 
     def shuffle(self, x):
         for i in reversed(xrange(1, len(x))):