1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 27b04ed834..64c852f6a5 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -797,16 +797,10 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockfrompeer()
     const NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
     ChainstateManager& chainman = EnsureChainman(node);
     PeerManager& peerman = EnsurePeerman(node);
-    CConnman& connman = EnsureConnman(node);
 
-    const uint256 hash(ParseHashV(request.params[0], "hash"));
+    const uint256& hash{ParseHashV(request.params[0], "hash")};
     const NodeId nodeid{request.params[1].get_int64()};
 
-    // Check that the peer with nodeid exists
-    if (!connman.ForNode(nodeid, [](CNode* node) {return true;})) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, strprintf("Peer nodeid %d does not exist", nodeid));
-    }
-
     const CBlockIndex* const index = WITH_LOCK(cs_main, return chainman.m_blockman.LookupBlockIndex(hash););
 
     if (!index) {
@@ -817,8 +811,8 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockfrompeer()
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Block already downloaded");
     }
 
-    if (!peerman.FetchBlock(nodeid, *index)) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Failed to fetch block from peer");
+    if (const auto err{peerman.FetchBlock(nodeid, *index)}) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, err.value());
     }
     return UniValue::VOBJ;
 },