diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
index 86eba9354..cb2a5e605 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
@@ -12424,22 +12424,32 @@ bool wallet2::check_tx_proof(const cryptonote::transaction &tx, const cryptonote
 std::string wallet2::get_reserve_proof(const boost::optional<std::pair<uint32_t, uint64_t>> &account_minreserve, const std::string &message)
 {
   THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(m_watch_only || m_multisig, error::wallet_internal_error, "Reserve proof can only be generated by a full wallet");
-  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(balance_all(true) == 0, error::wallet_internal_error, "Zero balance");
-  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(account_minreserve && balance(account_minreserve->first, true) < account_minreserve->second, error::wallet_internal_error,
-    "Not enough balance in this account for the requested minimum reserve amount");
 
   // determine which outputs to include in the proof
+  // is_spent(td, false) excludes an output already used as input to a pending, unconfirmed
+  // send too, not just a confirmed one, so we don't claim reserve we no longer have
   std::vector<size_t> selected_transfers;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < m_transfers.size(); ++i)
   {
     const transfer_details &td = m_transfers[i];
-    if (!is_spent(td, true) && !td.m_frozen && (!account_minreserve || account_minreserve->first == td.m_subaddr_index.major))
+    if (!is_spent(td, false) && !td.m_frozen && (!account_minreserve || account_minreserve->first == td.m_subaddr_index.major))
       selected_transfers.push_back(i);
   }
 
+  // sum what's actually selected instead of calling balance_all()/balance(): those also fold
+  // in pending change and self-transfer amounts from our own unconfirmed txs, which have no
+  // matching entry in m_transfers yet and can leave a balance-based guard non-zero even once
+  // every output backing it has been excluded above
+  uint64_t available = 0;
+  for (size_t idx : selected_transfers)
+    available += m_transfers[idx].amount();
+  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(available == 0, error::wallet_internal_error, "Zero balance");
+
   if (account_minreserve)
   {
     THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(account_minreserve->second == 0, error::wallet_internal_error, "Proved amount must be greater than 0");
+    THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(available < account_minreserve->second, error::wallet_internal_error,
+      "Not enough balance in this account for the requested minimum reserve amount");
     // minimize the number of outputs included in the proof, by only picking the N largest outputs that can cover the requested min reserve amount
     std::sort(selected_transfers.begin(), selected_transfers.end(), [&](const size_t a, const size_t b)
       { return m_transfers[a].amount() > m_transfers[b].amount(); });