diff --git a/db/bindings.c b/db/bindings.c
index 745af449b..7ca864b45 100644
--- a/db/bindings.c
+++ b/db/bindings.c
@@ -430,9 +430,20 @@ struct bitcoin_tx *db_col_tx(const tal_t *ctx, struct db_stmt *stmt, const char
 	size_t col = db_query_colnum(stmt, colname);
 	const u8 *src = db_column_blob(stmt, col);
 	size_t len = db_column_bytes(stmt, col);
+	struct bitcoin_tx *tx;
+	bool is_null;
 
-	db_column_null_warn(stmt, colname, col);
-	return pull_bitcoin_tx(ctx, &src, &len);
+	is_null = db_column_null_warn(stmt, colname, col);
+	tx = pull_bitcoin_tx(ctx, &src, &len);
+
+	if (is_null || tx) return tx;
+
+	/* Column wasn't null, but we couldn't retrieve a valid wally_tx! */
+	u8 *tx_dup = tal_dup_arr(stmt, u8, src, len, 0);
+
+	db_fatal("db_col_tx: Invalid bitcoin transaction bytes retrieved: %s",
+		 tal_hex(stmt, tx_dup));
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 struct wally_psbt *db_col_psbt(const tal_t *ctx, struct db_stmt *stmt, const char *colname)