diff --git a/src/wallet/bdb.cpp b/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
index d82d8d451319d..c4e5c91a9457e 100644
--- a/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ bool BerkeleyDatabase::Verify(bilingual_str& errorStr)
         const std::string strFile = fs::PathToString(m_filename);
         int result = db.verify(strFile.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, 0);
         if (result != 0) {
-            errorStr = strprintf(_("%s corrupt. Try using the wallet tool bitcoin-wallet to salvage or restoring a backup."), fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(file_path)));
+            errorStr = strprintf(_("%s corrupt (%d). Try using the wallet tool bitcoin-wallet to salvage or restoring a backup."), fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(file_path)), result);
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/wallet/test/fuzz/wallet_bdb_parser.cpp b/src/wallet/test/fuzz/wallet_bdb_parser.cpp
index 6fbd695fc5ee2..51995f0d77592 100644
--- a/src/wallet/test/fuzz/wallet_bdb_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/test/fuzz/wallet_bdb_parser.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(wallet_bdb_parser, .init = initialize_wallet_bdb_parser)
         if (bdb_ro_err && !db) {
             return;
         }
+        if (!db) {
+            std::cout << error.original << std::endl;
+            throw std::runtime_error(error.original);
+        }
         assert(db);
         if (bdb_ro_strict_err) {
             // BerkeleyRO will be stricter than BDB. Ignore when those specific errors are hit.