diff --git a/src/wallet/dump.cpp b/src/wallet/dump.cpp
index 7a36910dc1..157ec02a38 100644
--- a/src/wallet/dump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/dump.cpp
@@ -21,15 +21,8 @@ namespace wallet {
 static const std::string DUMP_MAGIC = "BITCOIN_CORE_WALLET_DUMP";
 uint32_t DUMP_VERSION = 1;
 
-bool DumpWallet(const ArgsManager& args, WalletDatabase& db, bilingual_str& error)
+bool DumpWallet(WalletDatabase& db, bilingual_str& error, const std::string& dump_filename)
 {
-    // Get the dumpfile
-    std::string dump_filename = args.GetArg("-dumpfile", "");
-    if (dump_filename.empty()) {
-        error = _("No dump file provided. To use dump, -dumpfile=<filename> must be provided.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
     fs::path path = fs::PathFromString(dump_filename);
     path = fs::absolute(path);
     if (fs::exists(path)) {
diff --git a/src/wallet/dump.h b/src/wallet/dump.h
index 9b44af922e..c7b626decf 100644
--- a/src/wallet/dump.h
+++ b/src/wallet/dump.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ArgsManager;
 namespace wallet {
 class WalletDatabase;
 
-bool DumpWallet(const ArgsManager& args, WalletDatabase& db, bilingual_str& error);
+bool DumpWallet(WalletDatabase& db, bilingual_str& error, const std::string& dump_filename);
 bool CreateFromDump(const ArgsManager& args, const std::string& name, const fs::path& wallet_path, bilingual_str& error, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings);
 } // namespace wallet
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
index cda344ab19..152a91076b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ bool ExecuteWalletToolFunc(const ArgsManager& args, const std::string& command)
         DatabaseOptions options;
         ReadDatabaseArgs(args, options);
         options.require_existing = true;
+
+        // Get the dumpfile
+        std::string dump_filename = args.GetArg("-dumpfile", "");
+        if (dump_filename.empty()) {
+            tfm::format(std::cerr, "No dump file provided. To use dump, -dumpfile=<filename> must be provided.\n");
+            return false;
+        }
+
         DatabaseStatus status;
         bilingual_str error;
         std::unique_ptr<WalletDatabase> database = MakeDatabase(path, options, status, error);
@@ -201,7 +209,7 @@ bool ExecuteWalletToolFunc(const ArgsManager& args, const std::string& command)
             return false;
         }
 
-        bool ret = DumpWallet(args, *database, error);
+        bool ret = DumpWallet(*database, error, dump_filename);
         if (!ret && !error.empty()) {
             tfm::format(std::cerr, "%s\n", error.original);
             return ret;