diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
index 0f39df0753..4ba7b5f130 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ func Transaction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	var results []result
 	for it.Next() {
-		if err := it.Err(); err != nil {
-			return NewError(ErrorIO, err)
-		}
 		var tx types.Transaction
 		err := rlp.DecodeBytes(it.Value(), &tx)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -188,6 +185,10 @@ func Transaction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 		results = append(results, r)
 	}
+	if err := it.Err(); err != nil {
+		return NewError(ErrorIO, err)
+	}
+
 	out, err := json.MarshalIndent(results, "", "  ")
 	fmt.Println(string(out))
 	return err