diff --git a/lightningd/jsonrpc.c b/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
index 9940a1fff..99a076854 100644
--- a/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
+++ b/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static void command_fail_v(struct command *cmd,
 	quote = tal_fmt(cmd, "\"%s\"", error);
 
 	assert(jcon->current == cmd);
-	connection_result(jcon, cmd->id, NULL, quote, -1, data);
+	connection_result(jcon, cmd->id, NULL, quote, code, data);
 	jcon->current = tal_free(cmd);
 }
 void command_fail(struct command *cmd, const char *fmt, ...)