diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index cf41a8aa2d..0b32d0d1ce 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2442,6 +2442,14 @@ bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
                 if (check2()) {
                     return state.Invalid(TxValidationResult::TX_NOT_STANDARD, strprintf("non-mandatory-script-verify-flag (%s)", ScriptErrorString(serror)));
                 }
+
+                // If the second check failed, it failed due to a mandatory script verification
+                // flag, but the first check might have failed on a non-mandatory script
+                // verification flag.
+                //
+                // Avoid reporting a mandatory script check failure with a non-mandatory error
+                // string by reporting the error from the second check.
+                serror = check2.GetScriptError();
             }
             // MANDATORY flag failures correspond to
             // TxValidationResult::TX_CONSENSUS. Because CONSENSUS
diff --git a/test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py b/test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py
index c677f86e88..eee82f1d4f 100644
--- a/test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py
+++ b/test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ class NonexistentInput(BadTxTemplate):
 
 class SpendTooMuch(BadTxTemplate):
     reject_reason = 'bad-txns-in-ne-out'
-    block_reject_reason = 'block-validation-failed'
     expect_disconnect = True
 
     def get_tx(self):
@@ -268,6 +267,19 @@ def getDisabledOpcodeTemplate(opcode):
         'valid_in_block' : True
         })
 
+class NonStandardAndInvalid(BadTxTemplate):
+    """A non-standard transaction which is also consensus-invalid should return the consensus error."""
+    reject_reason = "mandatory-script-verify-flag-failed (OP_RETURN was encountered)"
+    expect_disconnect = True
+    # ELEMENTS: In the block test context sign_tx() replaces the scriptSig with a valid
+    # P2PK signature, making this tx valid in a block. Skip the block test.
+    valid_in_block = True
+
+    def get_tx(self):
+        return create_tx_with_script(
+            self.spend_tx, 0, script_sig=b'\x00' * 3 + b'\xab\x6a',
+            amount=self.spend_avail)
+
 # Disabled opcode tx templates (CVE-2010-5137)
 # ELEMENTS: many of these are re-enabled
 DisabledOpcodeTemplates = [getDisabledOpcodeTemplate(opcode) for opcode in [
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_block.py b/test/functional/feature_block.py
index 1a2abc7d34..792e2a361d 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_block.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_block.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class FullBlockTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             '-acceptnonstdtxn=1',  # This is a consensus block test, we don't care about tx policy
             '-testactivationheight=bip34@2',
             "-con_bip34height=2", # ELEMENTS
+            '-par=1', # Until https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/30960 is fixed
         ]]
 
     def run_test(self):
@@ -821,7 +822,7 @@ class FullBlockTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.next_block(59)
         tx = self.create_and_sign_transaction(out[17], 51 * COIN)
         b59 = self.update_block(59, [tx])
-        self.send_blocks([b59], success=False, reject_reason='block-validation-failed', reconnect=True)
+        self.send_blocks([b59], success=False, reject_reason='bad-txns-in-ne-out', reconnect=True)
 
         # reset to good chain
         self.move_tip(57)
diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py b/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py
index 11164d32cd..8ce5f625be 100755
--- a/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class InvalidTxRequestTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             node.p2ps[0].send_txs_and_test([rejected_parent], node, success=False)
 
         self.log.info('Test that a peer disconnection causes erase its transactions from the orphan pool')
-        with node.assert_debug_log(['Erased 100 orphan transaction(s) from peer=15']):
+        with node.assert_debug_log(['Erased 100 orphan transaction(s) from peer=16']):
             self.reconnect_p2p(num_connections=1)
 
         self.log.info('Test that a transaction in the orphan pool is included in a new tip block causes erase this transaction from the orphan pool')