diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index c941553836..46bbd54186 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2359,6 +2359,12 @@ CScript calculate_contract(const CScript& federationRedeemScript, const CScript&
     return scriptDestination;
 }
 
+bool GetAmountFromParentChainPegin(CAmount& amount, const Sidechain::Bitcoin::CTransaction& txBTC, unsigned int nOut)
+{
+    amount = txBTC.vout[nOut].nValue;
+    return true;
+}
+
 template<typename T>
 static bool GetBlockAndTxFromMerkleBlock(uint256& block_hash, uint256& tx_hash, T& merkle_block, const std::vector<unsigned char>& merkle_block_raw)
 {
@@ -2405,7 +2411,10 @@ static bool CheckPeginTx(const std::vector<unsigned char>& tx_data, T& pegtx, co
     if (prevout.n >= pegtx->vout.size()) {
         return false;
     }
-    CAmount amount = pegtx->vout[prevout.n].nValue;
+    CAmount amount = 0;
+    if (!GetAmountFromParentChainPegin(amount, *pegtx, prevout.n)) {
+        return false;
+    }
     // Check the transaction nout/value matches
     if (claim_amount != amount) {
         return false;
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 61d3425b8d..ded31539fc 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 #include <boost/unordered_map.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 
+namespace Sidechain { namespace Bitcoin {
+class CTransaction;
+}}
+
 class CBlockIndex;
 class CBlockTreeDB;
 class CBloomFilter;
@@ -262,6 +266,7 @@ void UnloadBlockIndex();
 void ThreadScriptCheck();
 /** Check if bitcoind connection via RPC is correctly working*/
 bool BitcoindRPCCheck(bool init);
+bool GetAmountFromParentChainPegin(CAmount& amount, const Sidechain::Bitcoin::CTransaction& txBTC, unsigned int nOut);
 /** Checks pegin witness for validity */
 bool IsValidPeginWitness(const CScriptWitness& pegin_witness, const COutPoint& prevout, bool check_depth = true);
 /** Extracts an output from pegin witness for evaluation as a normal output */