diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp
index 675c4a759d..971814e9cd 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp
@@ -730,7 +730,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan migratewallet()
             std::shared_ptr<CWallet> wallet = GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest(request);
             if (!wallet) return NullUniValue;
 
-            EnsureWalletIsUnlocked(*wallet);
+            if (wallet->IsCrypted()) {
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_WRONG_ENC_STATE, "Error: migratewallet on encrypted wallets is currently unsupported.");
+            }
 
             WalletContext& context = EnsureWalletContext(request.context);
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 431e970edc..0f297b44ab 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -4182,8 +4182,8 @@ util::Result<MigrationResult> MigrateLegacyToDescriptor(std::shared_ptr<CWallet>
 
         // Make list of wallets to cleanup
         std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CWallet>> created_wallets;
-        created_wallets.push_back(std::move(res.watchonly_wallet));
-        created_wallets.push_back(std::move(res.solvables_wallet));
+        if (res.watchonly_wallet) created_wallets.push_back(std::move(res.watchonly_wallet));
+        if (res.solvables_wallet) created_wallets.push_back(std::move(res.solvables_wallet));
 
         // Get the directories to remove after unloading
         for (std::shared_ptr<CWallet>& w : created_wallets) {
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_migration.py b/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
index 972eb56a38..37625e50d8 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
@@ -396,6 +396,15 @@ class WalletMigrationTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         assert_equal(bals, wallet.getbalances())
 
+    def test_encrypted(self):
+        self.log.info("Test migration of an encrypted wallet")
+        wallet = self.create_legacy_wallet("encrypted")
+
+        wallet.encryptwallet("pass")
+
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-15, "Error: migratewallet on encrypted wallets is currently unsupported.", wallet.migratewallet)
+        # TODO: Fix migratewallet so that we can actually migrate encrypted wallets
+
     def run_test(self):
         self.generate(self.nodes[0], 101)
 
@@ -405,6 +414,7 @@ class WalletMigrationTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.test_other_watchonly()
         self.test_no_privkeys()
         self.test_pk_coinbases()
+        self.test_encrypted()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     WalletMigrationTest().main()