diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 045442c9ff..45a586cd12 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public:
     UniValue ProcessReply(const UniValue &batch_in) override
     {
         UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
-        std::vector<UniValue> batch = JSONRPCProcessBatchReply(batch_in, batch_in.size());
+        const std::vector<UniValue> batch = JSONRPCProcessBatchReply(batch_in);
         // Errors in getnetworkinfo() and getblockchaininfo() are fatal, pass them on;
         // getwalletinfo() and getbalances() are allowed to fail if there is no wallet.
         if (!batch[ID_NETWORKINFO]["error"].isNull()) {
diff --git a/src/rpc/request.cpp b/src/rpc/request.cpp
index 56cac6661e..7fef45f50e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/request.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/request.cpp
@@ -130,20 +130,20 @@ void DeleteAuthCookie()
     }
 }
 
-std::vector<UniValue> JSONRPCProcessBatchReply(const UniValue &in, size_t num)
+std::vector<UniValue> JSONRPCProcessBatchReply(const UniValue& in)
 {
     if (!in.isArray()) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Batch must be an array");
     }
+    const size_t num {in.size()};
     std::vector<UniValue> batch(num);
-    for (size_t i=0; i<in.size(); ++i) {
-        const UniValue &rec = in[i];
+    for (const UniValue& rec : in.getValues()) {
         if (!rec.isObject()) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("Batch member must be object");
+            throw std::runtime_error("Batch member must be an object");
         }
         size_t id = rec["id"].get_int();
         if (id >= num) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("Batch member id larger than size");
+            throw std::runtime_error("Batch member id is larger than batch size");
         }
         batch[id] = rec;
     }
diff --git a/src/rpc/request.h b/src/rpc/request.h
index 99eb4f9354..d6080c3cf3 100644
--- a/src/rpc/request.h
+++ b/src/rpc/request.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bool GetAuthCookie(std::string *cookie_out);
 /** Delete RPC authentication cookie from disk */
 void DeleteAuthCookie();
 /** Parse JSON-RPC batch reply into a vector */
-std::vector<UniValue> JSONRPCProcessBatchReply(const UniValue &in, size_t num);
+std::vector<UniValue> JSONRPCProcessBatchReply(const UniValue& in);
 
 class JSONRPCRequest
 {