diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index a15f1f1a4..75182345e 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -935,9 +935,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     RegisterAllCoreRPCCommands(tableRPC);
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-    bool fDisableWallet = GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", false);
-    if (!fDisableWallet)
-        RegisterWalletRPCCommands(tableRPC);
+    RegisterWalletRPCCommands(tableRPC);
 #endif
 
     nConnectTimeout = GetArg("-timeout", DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
@@ -965,9 +963,9 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     nBytesPerSigOp = GetArg("-bytespersigop", nBytesPerSigOp);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-    if (!fDisableWallet && !CWallet::ParameterInteraction())
+    if (!CWallet::ParameterInteraction())
         return false;
-#endif // ENABLE_WALLET
+#endif
 
     fIsBareMultisigStd = GetBoolArg("-permitbaremultisig", DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREMULTISIG);
     fAcceptDatacarrier = GetBoolArg("-datacarrier", DEFAULT_ACCEPT_DATACARRIER);
@@ -1095,11 +1093,9 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 5: verify wallet database integrity
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-    if (!fDisableWallet) {
-        if (!CWallet::Verify())
-            return false;
-    } // (!fDisableWallet)
-#endif // ENABLE_WALLET
+    if (!CWallet::Verify())
+        return false;
+#endif
     // ********************************************************* Step 6: network initialization
 
     assert(!g_connman);
@@ -1427,17 +1423,11 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 8: load wallet
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-    if (fDisableWallet) {
-        pwalletMain = NULL;
-        LogPrintf("Wallet disabled!\n");
-    } else {
-        CWallet::InitLoadWallet();
-        if (!pwalletMain)
-            return false;
-    }
-#else // ENABLE_WALLET
+    if (!CWallet::InitLoadWallet())
+        return false;
+#else
     LogPrintf("No wallet support compiled in!\n");
-#endif // !ENABLE_WALLET
+#endif
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 9: data directory maintenance
 
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
index 272df3fda..dcd3f155b 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ BitcoinGUI::BitcoinGUI(const PlatformStyle *platformStyle, const NetworkStyle *n
     QString windowTitle = tr(PACKAGE_NAME) + " - ";
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
     /* if compiled with wallet support, -disablewallet can still disable the wallet */
-    enableWallet = !GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", false);
+    enableWallet = !GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", DEFAULT_DISABLE_WALLET);
 #else
     enableWallet = false;
 #endif // ENABLE_WALLET
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 993caad40..3eb7e5d9b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2630,6 +2630,9 @@ static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
 
 void RegisterWalletRPCCommands(CRPCTable &t)
 {
+    if (GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", false))
+        return;
+
     for (unsigned int vcidx = 0; vcidx < ARRAYLEN(commands); vcidx++)
         t.appendCommand(commands[vcidx].name, &commands[vcidx]);
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 7469fd751..abb1ea7e7 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ void CWallet::Flush(bool shutdown)
 
 bool CWallet::Verify()
 {
+    if (GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", DEFAULT_DISABLE_WALLET))
+        return true;
+
     LogPrintf("Using BerkeleyDB version %s\n", DbEnv::version(0, 0, 0));
     std::string walletFile = GetArg("-wallet", DEFAULT_WALLET_DAT);
 
@@ -3293,6 +3296,12 @@ std::string CWallet::GetWalletHelpString(bool showDebug)
 
 bool CWallet::InitLoadWallet()
 {
+    if (GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", DEFAULT_DISABLE_WALLET)) {
+        pwalletMain = NULL;
+        LogPrintf("Wallet disabled!\n");
+        return true;
+    }
+
     std::string walletFile = GetArg("-wallet", DEFAULT_WALLET_DAT);
 
     // needed to restore wallet transaction meta data after -zapwallettxes
@@ -3464,6 +3473,9 @@ bool CWallet::InitLoadWallet()
 
 bool CWallet::ParameterInteraction()
 {
+    if (GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", DEFAULT_DISABLE_WALLET))
+        return true;
+
     if (GetBoolArg("-blocksonly", DEFAULT_BLOCKSONLY) && SoftSetBoolArg("-walletbroadcast", false)) {
         LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -blocksonly=1 -> setting -walletbroadcast=0\n", __func__);
     }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 584f01320..f6c658928 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static const bool DEFAULT_WALLET_RBF = false;
 //! Largest (in bytes) free transaction we're willing to create
 static const unsigned int MAX_FREE_TRANSACTION_CREATE_SIZE = 1000;
 static const bool DEFAULT_WALLETBROADCAST = true;
-
+static const bool DEFAULT_DISABLE_WALLET = false;
 //! if set, all keys will be derived by using BIP32
 static const bool DEFAULT_USE_HD_WALLET = true;