diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index e9ce51bcb..9dc7f69fc 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -635,11 +635,15 @@ UniValue z_importkey(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     }
 
     // Sapling support
-    auto keyAlreadyExists = boost::apply_visitor(
+    auto addResult = boost::apply_visitor(
         AddSpendingKeyToWallet(pwalletMain, Params().GetConsensus()), spendingkey);
-    if (keyAlreadyExists && fIgnoreExistingKey) {
+    if (addResult == KeyAlreadyExists && fIgnoreExistingKey) {
         return NullUniValue;
     }
+    pwalletMain->MarkDirty();
+    if (addResult == KeyNotAdded) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Error adding spending key to wallet");
+    }
     
     // whenever a key is imported, we need to scan the whole chain
     pwalletMain->nTimeFirstKey = 1; // 0 would be considered 'no value'
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index dc2670f9d..e4695b301 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -4569,37 +4569,30 @@ boost::optional<libzcash::SpendingKey> GetSpendingKeyForPaymentAddress::operator
     return libzcash::SpendingKey();
 }
 
-bool AddSpendingKeyToWallet::operator()(const libzcash::SproutSpendingKey &sk) const {
+SpendingKeyAddResult AddSpendingKeyToWallet::operator()(const libzcash::SproutSpendingKey &sk) const {
     auto addr = sk.address();
     // Don't throw error in case a key is already there
     if (m_wallet->HaveSproutSpendingKey(addr)) {
-        return true;
-    } else {
-        m_wallet->MarkDirty();
-
-        if (!m_wallet-> AddSproutZKey(sk)) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Error adding spending key to wallet");
-        }
-
+        return KeyAlreadyExists;
+    } else if (m_wallet-> AddSproutZKey(sk)) {
         m_wallet->mapSproutZKeyMetadata[addr].nCreateTime = 1;
-        
-        return false;
+        return KeyAdded;
+    } else {
+        return KeyNotAdded;
     }
 }
 
-bool AddSpendingKeyToWallet::operator()(const libzcash::SaplingExtendedSpendingKey &sk) const {
+SpendingKeyAddResult AddSpendingKeyToWallet::operator()(const libzcash::SaplingExtendedSpendingKey &sk) const {
     auto fvk = sk.expsk.full_viewing_key();
     auto ivk = fvk.in_viewing_key();
     auto addr = sk.DefaultAddress();
     {
         // Don't throw error in case a key is already there
         if (m_wallet->HaveSaplingSpendingKey(fvk)) {
-            return true;
+            return KeyAlreadyExists;
         } else {
-            m_wallet->MarkDirty();
-
             if (!m_wallet-> AddSaplingZKey(sk, addr)) {
-                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Error adding spending key to wallet");
+                return KeyNotAdded;
             }
 
             // Sapling addresses can't have been used in transactions prior to activation.
@@ -4610,11 +4603,11 @@ bool AddSpendingKeyToWallet::operator()(const libzcash::SaplingExtendedSpendingK
                 m_wallet->mapSaplingZKeyMetadata[ivk].nCreateTime = 1540512000;
             }
 
-            return false;
+            return KeyAdded;
         }    
     }
 }
 
-bool AddSpendingKeyToWallet::operator()(const libzcash::InvalidEncoding& no) const { 
+SpendingKeyAddResult AddSpendingKeyToWallet::operator()(const libzcash::InvalidEncoding& no) const { 
     throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Invalid spending key");
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index c0b36d88d..0032138e1 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -1376,7 +1376,13 @@ public:
     boost::optional<libzcash::SpendingKey> operator()(const libzcash::InvalidEncoding& no) const;
 };
 
-class AddSpendingKeyToWallet : public boost::static_visitor<bool>
+enum SpendingKeyAddResult {
+    KeyAlreadyExists,
+    KeyAdded,
+    KeyNotAdded,
+};
+
+class AddSpendingKeyToWallet : public boost::static_visitor<SpendingKeyAddResult>
 {
 private:
     CWallet *m_wallet;
@@ -1385,9 +1391,9 @@ public:
     AddSpendingKeyToWallet(CWallet *wallet, const Consensus::Params &params) :
         m_wallet(wallet), params(params) {}
 
-    bool operator()(const libzcash::SproutSpendingKey &sk) const;
-    bool operator()(const libzcash::SaplingExtendedSpendingKey &sk) const;
-    bool operator()(const libzcash::InvalidEncoding& no) const;    
+    SpendingKeyAddResult operator()(const libzcash::SproutSpendingKey &sk) const;
+    SpendingKeyAddResult operator()(const libzcash::SaplingExtendedSpendingKey &sk) const;
+    SpendingKeyAddResult operator()(const libzcash::InvalidEncoding& no) const;    
 };