diff --git a/types/account.go b/types/account.go
index 1df600c36..429cbf285 100644
--- a/types/account.go
+++ b/types/account.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (aa *AccAddress) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var s string
 	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return err
 	}
 
 	aa2, err := AccAddressFromBech32(s)