diff --git a/modules/net/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.c b/modules/net/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.c
index e8b1aa3c31b465ea5b2720b75d735ca27e84e088..ea5adfc20a519ac2f21f38635c0ce0e6333eefa5 100644
--- a/modules/net/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.c
+++ b/modules/net/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.c
@@ -6903,8 +6903,13 @@ int com_tx_create(int a_argc, char **a_argv, void **reply)
         l_tx_num = strtoul(l_tx_num_str, NULL, 10);
 
     // Validator's fee
-    if (dap_cli_server_cmd_find_option_val(a_argv, arg_index, a_argc, "-fee", &str_tmp))
+    if (dap_cli_server_cmd_find_option_val(a_argv, arg_index, a_argc, "-fee", &str_tmp)) {
+        if (!str_tmp) {
+            dap_json_rpc_error_add(DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_FEE, "tx_create requires parameter '-fee'");
+            return DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_FEE;
+        }
         l_value_fee = dap_chain_balance_scan(str_tmp);
+    }
     if (IS_ZERO_256(l_value_fee) && (!l_emission_hash_str || (str_tmp && strcmp(str_tmp, "0")))) {
         dap_json_rpc_error_add(DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_FEE_IS_UINT256, "tx_create requires parameter '-fee' to be valid uint256");
         return DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_FEE_IS_UINT256;
diff --git a/modules/net/include/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.h b/modules/net/include/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.h
index bf894e41236abcffc9815d3fa6984d4f17ae755c..be98382495e58ab9931fc31d1c2f2bd3c8b7196a 100644
--- a/modules/net/include/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.h
+++ b/modules/net/include/dap_chain_node_cli_cmd.h
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ typedef enum s_com_tx_create_err{
     DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_OK = 0,
     DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_HASH_INVALID = DAP_JSON_RPC_ERR_CODE_METHOD_ERR_START,
     DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_NET_NOT_FOUND,
+    DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_FEE,
     DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_FEE_IS_UINT256,
     DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_PARAMETER_FROM_WALLET_OR_FROM_EMISSION,
     DAP_CHAIN_NODE_CLI_COM_TX_CREATE_REQUIRE_PARAMETER_FROM_EMISSION,