diff --git a/internal/vsp/vsp.go b/internal/vsp/vsp.go
index aec4ca9a9..203cff2ff 100644
--- a/internal/vsp/vsp.go
+++ b/internal/vsp/vsp.go
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@ func (v *VSP) Process(ctx context.Context, ticketHash chainhash.Hash, credits []
 	}
 	// set fee tx as unpublished, because it will be published by the vsp.
 	feeHash := feeTx.TxHash()
-	err = v.cfg.Wallet.AddTransaction(ctx, feeTx, nil)
+	err = v.cfg.Wallet.SetPublished(ctx, &feeHash, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	err = v.cfg.Wallet.SetPublished(ctx, &feeHash, false)
+	err = v.cfg.Wallet.AddTransaction(ctx, feeTx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/wallet/chainntfns.go b/wallet/chainntfns.go
index bdf782e81..c52b2fb71 100644
--- a/wallet/chainntfns.go
+++ b/wallet/chainntfns.go
@@ -566,8 +566,13 @@ func (w *Wallet) processTransactionRecord(ctx context.Context, dbtx walletdb.Rea
 	}
 
 	// Skip unlocking outpoints if the transaction is a vote or revocation as the lock
-	// is not held.
-	skipOutpoints := rec.TxType == stake.TxTypeSSGen || rec.TxType == stake.TxTypeSSRtx
+	// is not held. Also if it is an unpublished tx.
+	var isUnpublished bool
+	err = walletdb.View(ctx, w.db, func(tx walletdb.ReadTx) error {
+		isUnpublished = w.txStore.ExistsUnpublished(tx, &rec.Hash)
+		return nil
+	})
+	skipOutpoints := rec.TxType == stake.TxTypeSSGen || rec.TxType == stake.TxTypeSSRtx || isUnpublished
 
 	// Handle input scripts that contain P2PKs that we care about.
 	for i, input := range rec.MsgTx.TxIn {
diff --git a/wallet/udb/txunmined.go b/wallet/udb/txunmined.go
index 4b5d45cff..10325ac4e 100644
--- a/wallet/udb/txunmined.go
+++ b/wallet/udb/txunmined.go
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ func (s *Store) SetPublished(dbtx walletdb.ReadWriteTx, txHash *chainhash.Hash,
 	return putUnpublished(ns, txHash[:])
 }
 
+// ExistsUnpublished exported method of exists Unpublished
+func (s *Store) ExistsUnpublished(dbtx walletdb.ReadTx, txHash *chainhash.Hash) bool {
+	ns := dbtx.ReadBucket(wtxmgrBucketKey)
+	return existsUnpublished(ns, txHash[:])
+}
+
 // removeDoubleSpends checks for any unmined transactions which would introduce
 // a double spend if tx was added to the store (either as a confirmed or unmined
 // transaction).  Each conflicting transaction and all transactions which spend