diff --git a/lib/blockchain/chain.js b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
index 93271b0e..026acb9a 100644
--- a/lib/blockchain/chain.js
+++ b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ class Chain extends AsyncEmitter {
         if (reward > consensus.MAX_MONEY) {
           throw new VerifyError(block,
             'invalid',
-            'bad-cb-amount',
+            'bad-txns-accumulated-fee-outofrange',
             100);
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/chain-test.js b/test/chain-test.js
index 45cfbd10..325e37ba 100644
--- a/test/chain-test.js
+++ b/test/chain-test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const Script = require('../lib/script/script');
 const Chain = require('../lib/blockchain/chain');
 const WorkerPool = require('../lib/workers/workerpool');
 const Miner = require('../lib/mining/miner');
-const MTX = require('../lib/primitives/mtx');
+const {Selector, MTX} = require('../lib/primitives/mtx');
 const MemWallet = require('./util/memwallet');
 const Network = require('../lib/protocol/network');
 const Output = require('../lib/primitives/output');
@@ -815,6 +815,38 @@ describe('Chain', function() {
       'bad-txns-txouttotal-toolarge');
   });
 
+  it('should fail to connect total fee toolarge', async () => {
+    const job = await cpu.createJob();
+    const outputs = [{ address: wallet.getAddress(), value: 0 }];
+
+    Selector.MAX_FEE = 50 * consensus.COIN;
+    const maxFee = Selector.MAX_FEE;
+    const maxMoney = consensus.MAX_MONEY;
+
+    try {
+      const tx1 = await wallet.send({
+        outputs: outputs,
+        hardFee: Selector.MAX_FEE
+      });
+      job.pushTX(tx1.toTX());
+
+      const tx2 = await wallet.send({
+        outputs: outputs,
+        hardFee: Selector.MAX_FEE
+      });
+      job.pushTX(tx2.toTX());
+
+      consensus.MAX_MONEY = tx1.getFee() + tx2.getFee() - 1;
+
+      job.refresh();
+      assert.strictEqual(await mineBlock(job),
+        'bad-txns-accumulated-fee-outofrange');
+    } finally {
+      Selector.MAX_FEE = maxFee;
+      consensus.MAX_MONEY = maxMoney;
+    }
+  });
+
   it('should mine 111 multisig blocks', async () => {
     const flags = common.flags.DEFAULT_FLAGS & ~common.flags.VERIFY_POW;