diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py b/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py
index 0fc0c0df8b8..bf7ff6baa09 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py
@@ -397,17 +397,15 @@ class PSBTTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.nodes[0].decodepsbt(new_psbt)
 
         # Make sure that a non-psbt with signatures cannot be converted
-        # Error could be either "TX decode failed" (segwit inputs causes parsing to fail) or "Inputs must not have scriptSigs and scriptWitnesses"
-        # We must set iswitness=True because the serialized transaction has inputs and is therefore a witness transaction
         signedtx = self.nodes[0].signrawtransactionwithwallet(rawtx['hex'])
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-22, "", self.nodes[0].converttopsbt, hexstring=signedtx['hex'], iswitness=True)
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-22, "", self.nodes[0].converttopsbt, hexstring=signedtx['hex'], permitsigdata=False, iswitness=True)
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-22, "Inputs must not have scriptSigs and scriptWitnesses",
+                                self.nodes[0].converttopsbt, hexstring=signedtx['hex'])  # permitsigdata=False by default
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-22, "Inputs must not have scriptSigs and scriptWitnesses",
+                                self.nodes[0].converttopsbt, hexstring=signedtx['hex'], permitsigdata=False)
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-22, "Inputs must not have scriptSigs and scriptWitnesses",
+                                self.nodes[0].converttopsbt, hexstring=signedtx['hex'], permitsigdata=False, iswitness=True)
         # Unless we allow it to convert and strip signatures
-        self.nodes[0].converttopsbt(signedtx['hex'], True)
-
-        # Explicitly allow converting non-empty txs
-        new_psbt = self.nodes[0].converttopsbt(rawtx['hex'])
-        self.nodes[0].decodepsbt(new_psbt)
+        self.nodes[0].converttopsbt(hexstring=signedtx['hex'], permitsigdata=True)
 
         # Create outputs to nodes 1 and 2
         node1_addr = self.nodes[1].getnewaddress()