diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_transactiontime_rescan.py b/test/functional/wallet_transactiontime_rescan.py
index 834e6d07686..3155a86b4f2 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_transactiontime_rescan.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_transactiontime_rescan.py
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ class TransactionTimeRescanTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         )
         assert_equal(all([r["success"] for r in import_res]), True)
 
+        self.log.info('Testing abortrescan when no rescan is in progress')
+        assert_equal(restorewo_wallet.getwalletinfo()['scanning'], False)
+        assert_equal(restorewo_wallet.abortrescan(), False)
+
         # check user has 0 balance and no transactions
         assert_equal(restorewo_wallet.getbalance(), 0)
         assert_equal(len(restorewo_wallet.listtransactions()), 0)