diff --git a/src/accumulators.cpp b/src/accumulators.cpp
index 493aff41aae58..e6a2a53777b9d 100644
--- a/src/accumulators.cpp
+++ b/src/accumulators.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,16 @@ uint32_t GetChecksum(const CBigNum &bnValue)
     return hash.Get32();
 }
 
-bool GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(uint32_t nChecksum, CBigNum& bnAccValue)
+bool GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(uint32_t nChecksum, bool fMemoryOnly, CBigNum& bnAccValue)
 {
+    if (mapAccumulatorValues.count(nChecksum)) {
+        bnAccValue = mapAccumulatorValues.at(nChecksum);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (fMemoryOnly)
+        return false;
+
     if (!zerocoinDB->ReadAccumulatorValue(nChecksum, bnAccValue)) {
         bnAccValue = 0;
     }
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ bool GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(uint32_t nChecksum, CBigNum& bnAccValue)
 bool GetAccumulatorValueFromDB(uint256 nCheckpoint, CoinDenomination denom, CBigNum& bnAccValue)
 {
     uint32_t nChecksum = ParseChecksum(nCheckpoint, denom);
-    return GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(nChecksum, bnAccValue);
+    return GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(nChecksum, false, bnAccValue);
 }
 
 void AddAccumulatorChecksum(const uint32_t nChecksum, const CBigNum &bnValue, bool fMemoryOnly)
diff --git a/src/accumulators.h b/src/accumulators.h
index 8bb7a0fd3678f..3c7c00aa5869f 100644
--- a/src/accumulators.h
+++ b/src/accumulators.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 bool GenerateAccumulatorWitness(const libzerocoin::PublicCoin &coin, libzerocoin::Accumulator& accumulator, libzerocoin::AccumulatorWitness& witness, int nSecurityLevel, int& nMintsAdded, std::string& strError);
 bool GetAccumulatorValueFromDB(uint256 nCheckpoint, libzerocoin::CoinDenomination denom, CBigNum& bnAccValue);
-bool GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(uint32_t nChecksum, CBigNum& bnAccValue);
+bool GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(uint32_t nChecksum, bool fMemoryOnly, CBigNum& bnAccValue);
 void AddAccumulatorChecksum(const uint32_t nChecksum, const CBigNum &bnValue, bool fMemoryOnly);
 bool CalculateAccumulatorCheckpoint(int nHeight, uint256& nCheckpoint);
 bool LoadAccumulatorValuesFromDB(const uint256 nCheckpoint);
diff --git a/src/test/zerocoin_implementation_tests.cpp b/src/test/zerocoin_implementation_tests.cpp
index 14827b8e6c136..46e7f3d7f2845 100644
--- a/src/test/zerocoin_implementation_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/zerocoin_implementation_tests.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ bool CheckZerocoinSpendNoDB(const CTransaction tx, string& strError)
 
         //see if we have record of the accumulator used in the spend tx
         CBigNum bnAccumulatorValue = 0;
-        if (!GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(newSpend.getAccumulatorChecksum(), bnAccumulatorValue)) {
+        if (!GetAccumulatorValueFromChecksum(newSpend.getAccumulatorChecksum(), true, bnAccumulatorValue)) {
             strError = "Zerocoinspend could not find accumulator associated with checksum";
             return false;
         }