diff --git a/crypto/signature_nocgo.go b/crypto/signature_nocgo.go
index accd4256f4..168f0c6389 100644
--- a/crypto/signature_nocgo.go
+++ b/crypto/signature_nocgo.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ func Ecrecover(hash, sig []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	bytes := (*btcec.PublicKey)(pub).SerializeUncompressed()
-	return bytes, err
+	bytes := (*btcec.PublicKey)(pub).SerializeUncompressed(),
+	return bytes, nil
 }
 
 func SigToPub(hash, sig []byte) (*ecdsa.PublicKey, error) {
diff --git a/crypto/signature_test.go b/crypto/signature_test.go
index ca7eefe992..fe8d6d6b1c 100644
--- a/crypto/signature_test.go
+++ b/crypto/signature_test.go
@@ -34,3 +34,13 @@ func TestRecoverSanity(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("pubkey mismatch: want: %x have: %x", pubkey1, pubkey2)
 	}
 }
+
+// https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/issues/709
+func TestRecoverSanity2(t *testing.T) {
+	msg, _ := hex.DecodeString("00c547e4f7b0f325ad1e56f57e26c745b09a3e503d86e00e5255ff7f715d3d1c")
+	sig, _ := hex.DecodeString("00b1693892219d736caba55bdb67216e485557ea6b6af75f37096c9aa6a5a75f00b940b1d03b21e36b0e47e79769f095fe2ab855bd91e3a38756b7d75a9c454901")
+	_, err := Ecrecover(msg, sig)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("recover should've returned an error")
+	}
+}