diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/apiv1/util.go b/internal/hmyapi/apiv1/util.go
index b1783da72..efe7001af 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/apiv1/util.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/apiv1/util.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ func SubmitTransaction(
 	ctx context.Context, b Backend, tx *types.Transaction,
 ) (common.Hash, error) {
 	if err := b.SendTx(ctx, tx); err != nil {
-		// legacy behavior is to never return error and always return tx hash
 		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("Could not submit transaction")
 		return tx.Hash(), err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/apiv2/util.go b/internal/hmyapi/apiv2/util.go
index 28bfdd43e..48b073a85 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/apiv2/util.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/apiv2/util.go
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ func SubmitTransaction(
 	ctx context.Context, b Backend, tx *types.Transaction,
 ) (common.Hash, error) {
 	if err := b.SendTx(ctx, tx); err != nil {
-		// legacy behavior is to never return error and always return tx hash
 		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("Could not submit transaction")
-		return tx.Hash(), nil
+		return tx.Hash(), err
 	}
 	if tx.To() == nil {
 		signer := types.MakeSigner(b.ChainConfig(), b.CurrentBlock().Epoch())