diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 8d33cd1d9..fe0947a47 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -5172,6 +5172,11 @@ UniValue z_sendmany(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp, const CPubKey& mypk)
 
     bool containsSaplingOutput = false;
 
+    // Create the CScript representation of the OP_RETURN
+    if (!opretValue.isNull()) {
+        opret << OP_RETURN << ParseHex(opretValue.get_str().c_str());
+    }
+
     for (const UniValue& o : outputs.getValues()) {
         if (!o.isObject())
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, expected object");
@@ -5198,11 +5203,6 @@ UniValue z_sendmany(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp, const CPubKey& mypk)
         //    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Extreme Privacy! You must send to a zaddr");
         //}
 
-        // Create the CScript representation of the OP_RETURN
-        if (!opretValue.isNull()) {
-            opret << OP_RETURN << ParseHex(opretValue.get_str().c_str());
-        }
-
         UniValue memoValue = find_value(o, "memo");
         string memo;
         if (!memoValue.isNull()) {