diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.h b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
     bool WriteTx(const CWalletTx &wtx);
     bool EraseTx(uint256 hash);
 
+    bool WriteKeyMetadata(const CKeyMetadata &meta, const CPubKey &pubkey,
+                          const bool overwrite);
     bool WriteKey(const CPubKey &vchPubKey, const CPrivKey &vchPrivKey,
                   const CKeyMetadata &keyMeta);
     bool WriteCryptedKey(const CPubKey &vchPubKey,
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -72,10 +72,16 @@
     return EraseIC(std::make_pair(std::string("tx"), hash));
 }
 
+bool WalletBatch::WriteKeyMetadata(const CKeyMetadata &meta,
+                                   const CPubKey &pubkey,
+                                   const bool overwrite) {
+    return WriteIC(std::make_pair(std::string("keymeta"), pubkey), meta,
+                   overwrite);
+}
+
 bool WalletBatch::WriteKey(const CPubKey &vchPubKey, const CPrivKey &vchPrivKey,
                            const CKeyMetadata &keyMeta) {
-    if (!WriteIC(std::make_pair(std::string("keymeta"), vchPubKey), keyMeta,
-                 false)) {
+    if (!WriteKeyMetadata(keyMeta, vchPubKey, false)) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@
 bool WalletBatch::WriteCryptedKey(const CPubKey &vchPubKey,
                                   const std::vector<uint8_t> &vchCryptedSecret,
                                   const CKeyMetadata &keyMeta) {
-    if (!WriteIC(std::make_pair(std::string("keymeta"), vchPubKey), keyMeta)) {
+    if (!WriteKeyMetadata(keyMeta, vchPubKey, true)) {
         return false;
     }