diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.cpp b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
index c0a2895a587..830c04c4cf5 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <serialize.h>
 #include <span.h>
 #include <streams.h>
-#include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <util/fs.h>
 #include <util/fs_helpers.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
@@ -300,6 +299,20 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> CDBWrapper::CreateObfuscateKey() const
     return ret;
 }
 
+std::optional<std::string> CDBWrapper::ReadImpl(Span<const std::byte> ssKey) const
+{
+    leveldb::Slice slKey(CharCast(ssKey.data()), ssKey.size());
+    std::string strValue;
+    leveldb::Status status = pdb->Get(readoptions, slKey, &strValue);
+    if (!status.ok()) {
+        if (status.IsNotFound())
+            return std::nullopt;
+        LogPrintf("LevelDB read failure: %s\n", status.ToString());
+        dbwrapper_private::HandleError(status);
+    }
+    return strValue;
+}
+
 bool CDBWrapper::IsEmpty()
 {
     std::unique_ptr<CDBIterator> it(NewIterator());
diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.h b/src/dbwrapper.h
index 9bcb79c169e..7e5ffe10620 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.h
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.h
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ private:
     //! whether or not the database resides in memory
     bool m_is_memory;
 
+    std::optional<std::string> ReadImpl(Span<const std::byte> ssKey) const;
+
 public:
     CDBWrapper(const DBParams& params);
     ~CDBWrapper();
@@ -248,18 +250,12 @@ public:
         DataStream ssKey{};
         ssKey.reserve(DBWRAPPER_PREALLOC_KEY_SIZE);
         ssKey << key;
-        leveldb::Slice slKey(CharCast(ssKey.data()), ssKey.size());
-
-        std::string strValue;
-        leveldb::Status status = pdb->Get(readoptions, slKey, &strValue);
-        if (!status.ok()) {
-            if (status.IsNotFound())
-                return false;
-            LogPrintf("LevelDB read failure: %s\n", status.ToString());
-            dbwrapper_private::HandleError(status);
+        std::optional<std::string> strValue{ReadImpl(ssKey)};
+        if (!strValue) {
+            return false;
         }
         try {
-            CDataStream ssValue{MakeByteSpan(strValue), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION};
+            CDataStream ssValue{MakeByteSpan(*strValue), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION};
             ssValue.Xor(obfuscate_key);
             ssValue >> value;
         } catch (const std::exception&) {