diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index bcfeb0ffb..37f150580 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ UniValue createrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             + HelpExampleRpc("createrawtransaction", "\"[{\\\"txid\\\":\\\"myid\\\",\\\"vout\\\":0}]\", \"{\\\"address\\\":0.01}\"")
         );
 
-    LOCK(cs_main);
     RPCTypeCheck(params, boost::assign::list_of(UniValue::VARR)(UniValue::VOBJ)(UniValue::VNUM)(UniValue::VNUM), true);
     if (params[0].isNull() || params[1].isNull())
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, arguments 1 and 2 must be non-null");
@@ -581,7 +580,11 @@ UniValue createrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     UniValue inputs = params[0].get_array();
     UniValue sendTo = params[1].get_obj();
 
-    int nextBlockHeight = chainActive.Height() + 1;
+    int nextBlockHeight;
+    {
+        LOCK(cs_main);
+        nextBlockHeight = chainActive.Height() + 1;
+    }
     CMutableTransaction rawTx = CreateNewContextualCMutableTransaction(
         Params().GetConsensus(), nextBlockHeight);
 
@@ -779,7 +782,6 @@ UniValue decodescript(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             + HelpExampleRpc("decodescript", "\"hexstring\"")
         );
 
-    LOCK(cs_main);
     RPCTypeCheck(params, boost::assign::list_of(UniValue::VSTR));
 
     UniValue r(UniValue::VOBJ);
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index d642cd660..4b8f0ee92 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -1248,8 +1248,13 @@ bool CWalletDB::Recover(CDBEnv& dbenv, const std::string& filename, bool fOnlyKe
             CDataStream ssKey(row.first, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
             CDataStream ssValue(row.second, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
             string strType, strErr;
-            bool fReadOK = ReadKeyValue(&dummyWallet, ssKey, ssValue,
+            bool fReadOK;
+            {
+                // Required in LoadKeyMetadata():
+                LOCK(dummyWallet.cs_wallet);
+                fReadOK = ReadKeyValue(&dummyWallet, ssKey, ssValue,
                                         wss, strType, strErr);
+            }
             if (!IsKeyType(strType))
                 continue;
             if (!fReadOK)