diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 22a59aab58..45a4be3b0c 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ func (api *TransactionAPI) currentBlobSidecarVersion() byte {
 func (api *TransactionAPI) SendRawTransaction(ctx context.Context, input hexutil.Bytes) (common.Hash, error) {
 	tx := new(types.Transaction)
 	if err := tx.UnmarshalBinary(input); err != nil {
-		return common.Hash{}, err
+		return common.Hash{}, &invalidParamsError{message: err.Error()}
 	}
 
 	// Convert legacy blob transaction proofs.
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ func (api *TransactionAPI) SendRawTransaction(ctx context.Context, input hexutil
 func (api *TransactionAPI) SendRawTransactionSync(ctx context.Context, input hexutil.Bytes, timeoutMs *uint64) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	tx := new(types.Transaction)
 	if err := tx.UnmarshalBinary(input); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, &invalidParamsError{message: err.Error()}
 	}
 
 	// Convert legacy blob transaction proofs.
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
index 80a9036ecc..9b821a2bdc 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
@@ -4175,6 +4175,55 @@ func TestSendRawTransactionSync_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestSendRawTransaction_InvalidParams_OnMalformedRLP verifies that malformed-RLP
+// inputs are reported with JSON-RPC error code -32602 (InvalidParams), not the
+// default -32000. Aligns with JSON-RPC 2.0 spec and the Reth/Besu implementations.
+func TestSendRawTransaction_InvalidParams_OnMalformedRLP(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	genesis := &core.Genesis{
+		Config: params.TestChainConfig,
+		Alloc:  types.GenesisAlloc{},
+	}
+	b := newTestBackend(t, 0, genesis, ethash.NewFaker(), nil)
+	api := NewTransactionAPI(b, new(AddrLocker))
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		raw  string
+	}{
+		{"empty-list", "0xc0"},
+		{"truncated-short-list", "0xd4"},
+		{"unknown-tx-type", "0x09c0"},
+		{"eip4844-truncated-list", "0x03c0"},
+		{"eip7702-truncated-list", "0x04c0"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name+"/SendRawTransaction", func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := api.SendRawTransaction(context.Background(), hexutil.MustDecode(tc.raw))
+			assertInvalidParams(t, err)
+		})
+		t.Run(tc.name+"/SendRawTransactionSync", func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := api.SendRawTransactionSync(context.Background(), hexutil.MustDecode(tc.raw), nil)
+			assertInvalidParams(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func assertInvalidParams(t *testing.T, err error) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
+	}
+	var ec interface{ ErrorCode() int }
+	if !errors.As(err, &ec) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error implementing ErrorCode(), got %T: %v", err, err)
+	}
+	if got, want := ec.ErrorCode(), -32602; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrorCode=%d (InvalidParams), got %d (%v)", want, got, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetStorageValues(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()