diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts.rs b/runtime/src/accounts.rs
index 15ad8800a1..98f3948e47 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts.rs
@@ -613,8 +613,7 @@ impl Accounts {
         use solana_sdk::sanitize::Sanitize;
         let keys: Vec<Result<_>> = OrderedIterator::new(txs, txs_iteration_order)
             .map(|tx| {
-                tx.sanitize()
-                    .map_err(|_| TransactionError::SanitizeFailure)?;
+                tx.sanitize().map_err(TransactionError::from)?;
 
                 if Self::has_duplicates(&tx.message.account_keys) {
                     return Err(TransactionError::AccountLoadedTwice);
diff --git a/sdk/src/transaction.rs b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
index eb7e5829e7..92a58be29e 100644
--- a/sdk/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ pub enum TransactionError {
 
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, TransactionError>;
 
+impl From<SanitizeError> for TransactionError {
+    fn from(_: SanitizeError) -> Self {
+        Self::SanitizeFailure
+    }
+}
+
 /// An atomic transaction
 #[frozen_abi(digest = "GoxM5ZMMjM2FSuY1VtuMhs1j8u9kMuYsH3dpYcSVVnTe")]
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Default, Eq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, AbiExample)]