diff --git a/verification/src/chain_verifier.rs b/verification/src/chain_verifier.rs
index 4d10f6a7..25fb7bc6 100644
--- a/verification/src/chain_verifier.rs
+++ b/verification/src/chain_verifier.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ impl ChainVerifier {
 
 		if sequence == 0 { return Ok(sigops); }
 
+		// must not be coinbase (sequence = 0 is returned above)
+		if transaction.is_coinbase() { return Err(TransactionError::MisplacedCoinbase(sequence)); }
+
 		if sigops >= MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS { return Err(TransactionError::Sigops(sigops)); }
 
 		// strict pay-to-script-hash signature operations count toward block
diff --git a/verification/src/lib.rs b/verification/src/lib.rs
index 1f74f9b3..5667ca58 100644
--- a/verification/src/lib.rs
+++ b/verification/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ pub enum TransactionError {
 	Sigops(usize),
 	/// Too many signature operations once p2sh operations included
 	SigopsP2SH(usize),
+	/// Coinbase transaction is found at position that is not 0
+	MisplacedCoinbase(usize),
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]