diff --git a/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/misbehaviour.go b/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/misbehaviour.go
index 6d01a8ae7..c1c320034 100644
--- a/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/misbehaviour.go
+++ b/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/misbehaviour.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	clientexported "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/02-client/exported"
 	clienttypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/02-client/types"
-	host "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/24-host"
 )
 
 // CheckMisbehaviourAndUpdateState determines whether or not two conflicting
@@ -40,31 +39,15 @@ func (cs ClientState) CheckMisbehaviourAndUpdateState(
 	// and unmarshal from clientStore
 
 	// Get consensus bytes from clientStore
-	consBytes1 := clientStore.Get(host.KeyConsensusState(tmEvidence.Header1.TrustedHeight))
-	if consBytes1 == nil {
-		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(clienttypes.ErrConsensusStateNotFound,
-			"could not find trusted consensus state at height %d", tmEvidence.Header1.TrustedHeight)
-	}
-	// Unmarshal consensus bytes into clientexported.ConensusState
-	consensusState1 := clienttypes.MustUnmarshalConsensusState(cdc, consBytes1)
-	// Cast to tendermint-specific type
-	tmConsensusState1, ok := consensusState1.(*ConsensusState)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(clienttypes.ErrInvalidClientType, "invalid consensus state type for first header: expected type %T, got %T", &ConsensusState{}, consensusState1)
+	tmConsensusState1, err := GetConsensusState(clientStore, cdc, tmEvidence.Header1.TrustedHeight)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(err, "could not get trusted consensus state from clientStore for Header1 at TrustedHeight: %d", tmEvidence.Header1.TrustedHeight)
 	}
 
 	// Get consensus bytes from clientStore
-	consBytes2 := clientStore.Get(host.KeyConsensusState(tmEvidence.Header2.TrustedHeight))
-	if consBytes2 == nil {
-		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(clienttypes.ErrConsensusStateNotFound,
-			"could not find trusted consensus state at height %d", tmEvidence.Header2.TrustedHeight)
-	}
-	// Unmarshal consensus bytes into clientexported.ConensusState
-	consensusState2 := clienttypes.MustUnmarshalConsensusState(cdc, consBytes2)
-	// Cast to tendermint-specific type
-	tmConsensusState2, ok := consensusState2.(*ConsensusState)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(clienttypes.ErrInvalidClientType, "invalid consensus state for second header: expected type %T, got %T", &ConsensusState{}, consensusState2)
+	tmConsensusState2, err := GetConsensusState(clientStore, cdc, tmEvidence.Header2.TrustedHeight)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(err, "could not get trusted consensus state from clientStore for Header2 at TrustedHeight: %d", tmEvidence.Header2.TrustedHeight)
 	}
 
 	// calculate the age of the misbehaviour evidence
diff --git a/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/store.go b/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/store.go
index d07607783..e218c3b97 100644
--- a/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/store.go
+++ b/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/store.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func GetConsensusState(store sdk.KVStore, cdc codec.BinaryMarshaler, height uint
 
 	var consensusStateI clientexported.ConsensusState
 	if err := codec.UnmarshalAny(cdc, &consensusStateI, bz); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(clienttypes.ErrInvalidConsensus, "unmarshal error: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	consensusState, ok := consensusStateI.(*ConsensusState)
diff --git a/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/update.go b/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/update.go
index f77fd5586..6f49c7bec 100644
--- a/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/update.go
+++ b/x/ibc/07-tendermint/types/update.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	clientexported "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/02-client/exported"
 	clienttypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/02-client/types"
 	commitmenttypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/23-commitment/types"
-	host "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/24-host"
 )
 
 // CheckHeaderAndUpdateState checks if the provided header is valid, and if valid it will:
@@ -47,19 +46,10 @@ func (cs ClientState) CheckHeaderAndUpdateState(
 	}
 
 	// Get consensus bytes from clientStore
-	consBytes := clientStore.Get(host.KeyConsensusState(tmHeader.TrustedHeight))
-	if consBytes == nil {
+	tmConsState, err := GetConsensusState(clientStore, cdc, tmHeader.TrustedHeight)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(
-			clienttypes.ErrConsensusStateNotFound, "consensus state not found for trusted height %d", tmHeader.TrustedHeight,
-		)
-	}
-	// Unmarshal consensus bytes into clientexported.ConensusState
-	consState := clienttypes.MustUnmarshalConsensusState(cdc, consBytes)
-	// Cast to tendermint-specific type
-	tmConsState, ok := consState.(*ConsensusState)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(
-			clienttypes.ErrInvalidConsensus, "expected type %T, got %T", ConsensusState{}, consState,
+			err, "could not get consensus state from clientstore at TrustedHeight: %d", tmHeader.TrustedHeight,
 		)
 	}