diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -198,18 +198,8 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            // Don't throw error in case a key is already there
-            if (pwallet->HaveKey(vchAddress)) {
-                return NullUniValue;
-            }
-
-            pwallet->LearnAllRelatedScripts(pubkey);
-
-            // whenever a key is imported, we need to scan the whole chain
-            pwallet->UpdateTimeFirstKey(1);
-            pwallet->mapKeyMetadata[vchAddress].nCreateTime = 1;
-
-            if (!pwallet->AddKeyPubKey(key, pubkey)) {
+            // Use timestamp of 1 to scan the whole chain
+            if (!pwallet->ImportPrivKeys({{vchAddress, key}}, 1)) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR,
                                    "Error adding key to wallet");
             }