diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 33b3ad6e916..1946e43eac4 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -4257,6 +4257,9 @@ util::Result<MigrationResult> MigrateLegacyToDescriptor(const std::string& walle
         success = local_wallet->IsWalletFlagSet(WALLET_FLAG_BLANK_WALLET);
         if (!success) {
             success = DoMigration(*local_wallet, context, error, res);
+        } else {
+            // Make sure that descriptors flag is actually set
+            local_wallet->SetWalletFlag(WALLET_FLAG_DESCRIPTORS);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_migration.py b/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
index 20e92dbef73..b466d3c5452 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_migration.py
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ class WalletMigrationTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_equal(wallet.getwalletinfo()["blank"], True)
         wallet.migratewallet()
         assert_equal(wallet.getwalletinfo()["blank"], True)
-
+        assert_equal(wallet.getwalletinfo()["descriptors"], True)
 
     def test_avoidreuse(self):
         self.log.info("Test that avoidreuse persists after migration")