diff --git a/client/chain/chain.go b/client/chain/chain.go
index 1cb479fb..16b7b234 100644
--- a/client/chain/chain.go
+++ b/client/chain/chain.go
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ func (c *chainClient) SyncBroadcastSignedTx(txBytes []byte) (*txtypes.BroadcastT
 		if errRes := client.CheckCometError(err, txBytes); errRes != nil {
 			return &txtypes.BroadcastTxResponse{TxResponse: errRes}, err
 		}
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	if resultTx.TxResult.Code != 0 {
 		resResultTx := sdk.NewResponseResultTx(resultTx, res.TxResponse.Tx, res.TxResponse.Timestamp)