diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp
index 2e270543..607910e5 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
   crypto::public_key get_tx_pub_key_from_extra(const std::vector<uint8_t>& tx_extra)
   {
     std::vector<tx_extra_field> tx_extra_fields;
-    if (!parse_tx_extra(tx_extra, tx_extra_fields))
-      return null_pkey;
+    parse_tx_extra(tx_extra, tx_extra_fields);
 
     tx_extra_pub_key pub_key_field;
     if(!find_tx_extra_field_by_type(tx_extra_fields, pub_key_field))