diff --git a/x/tokenfactory/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/tokenfactory/keeper/keeper_test.go
index d7e6fc30..8787001e 100644
--- a/x/tokenfactory/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/tokenfactory/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
+
 	tmproto "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/proto/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 
@@ -58,3 +63,43 @@ func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestCreateModuleAccount() {
 	// check that the account number of the module account is now initialized correctly
 	s.Require().Equal(nextAccountNumber+1, tokenfactoryModuleAccount.GetAccountNumber())
 }
+
+func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestBurnFromModuleAccount() {
+	// Create Msg Server
+	msgServer := keeper.NewMsgServerImpl(s.App.Keepers.TokenFactoryKeeper)
+
+	// Create token factory token
+	res, err := msgServer.CreateDenom(s.Ctx, &types.MsgCreateDenom{
+		Sender:   s.TestAccs[0].String(),
+		Subdenom: "bitcoin",
+	})
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	denom := res.GetNewTokenDenom()
+
+	// Gov address
+	govAddr := s.App.Keepers.AccountKeeper.GetModuleAddress("gov")
+	s.App.Keepers.AccountKeeper.SetModuleAccount(s.Ctx, authtypes.NewModuleAccount(authtypes.NewBaseAccount(govAddr, nil, 0, 0), "gov", authtypes.Minter))
+	ma := s.App.Keepers.AccountKeeper.GetAccount(s.Ctx, govAddr)
+	_, ok := ma.(authtypes.ModuleAccountI)
+	s.Require().True(ok)
+
+	_, err = msgServer.Mint(s.Ctx, &types.MsgMint{
+		Sender:        s.TestAccs[0].String(),
+		Amount:        sdk.NewCoin(denom, sdk.NewInt(1000)),
+		MintToAddress: s.TestAccs[0].String(),
+	})
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	// Send to gov address
+	err = s.App.Keepers.BankKeeper.SendCoinsFromAccountToModule(s.Ctx, s.TestAccs[0], "gov", sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin(denom, sdk.NewInt(1000))))
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	_, err = msgServer.Burn(s.Ctx, &types.MsgBurn{
+		Sender:          s.TestAccs[0].String(),
+		Amount:          sdk.NewCoin(denom, sdk.NewInt(1000)),
+		BurnFromAddress: govAddr.String(),
+	})
+
+	require.Error(s.T(), err)
+}
diff --git a/x/tokenfactory/keeper/msg_server.go b/x/tokenfactory/keeper/msg_server.go
index 2e80acf7..11dcdf09 100644
--- a/x/tokenfactory/keeper/msg_server.go
+++ b/x/tokenfactory/keeper/msg_server.go
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ func (server msgServer) Burn(goCtx context.Context, msg *types.MsgBurn) (*types.
 		msg.BurnFromAddress = msg.Sender
 	}
 
-	accountI := server.Keeper.accountKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, sdk.AccAddress(msg.BurnFromAddress))
+	acc, err := sdk.AccAddressFromBech32(msg.BurnFromAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	accountI := server.Keeper.accountKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, acc)
 	_, ok := accountI.(authtypes.ModuleAccountI)
 	if ok {
 		return nil, types.ErrBurnFromModuleAccount