diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 28f6c05b4..1ae584992 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ uint64_t nPruneTarget = 0;
 bool fAlerts = DEFAULT_ALERTS;
 bool fEnableReplacement = DEFAULT_ENABLE_REPLACEMENT;
 
-/** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for relaying, mining and transaction creation) */
 CFeeRate minRelayTxFee = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE);
+CAmount maxTxFee = DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MAXFEE;
 
 CTxMemPool mempool(::minRelayTxFee);
 
@@ -1286,10 +1286,10 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
             LogPrint("mempool", "Rate limit dFreeCount: %g => %g\n", dFreeCount, dFreeCount+nSize);
         }
 
-        if (fRejectAbsurdFee && nFees > ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize) * 10000)
+        if (fRejectAbsurdFee && nFees > maxTxFee)
             return state.Invalid(false,
                 REJECT_HIGHFEE, "absurdly-high-fee",
-                strprintf("%d > %d", nFees, ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize) * 10000));
+                strprintf("%d > %d", nFees, maxTxFee));
 
         // Calculate in-mempool ancestors, up to a limit.
         CTxMemPool::setEntries setAncestors;
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 3438510a9..ff3cf033a 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static const bool DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY = true;
 static const bool DEFAULT_WHITELISTFORCERELAY = true;
 /** Default for -minrelaytxfee, minimum relay fee for transactions */
 static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE = 10000;
+//! -maxtxfee default
+static const CAmount DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MAXFEE = 1 * COIN;
 //! Discourage users to set fees higher than this amount (in satoshis) per kB
 static const CAmount HIGH_TX_FEE_PER_KB = 0.1 * COIN;
 //! -maxtxfee will warn if called with a higher fee than this amount (in satoshis)
@@ -158,7 +160,10 @@ extern unsigned int nBytesPerSigOp;
 extern bool fCheckBlockIndex;
 extern bool fCheckpointsEnabled;
 extern size_t nCoinCacheUsage;
+/** A fee rate smaller than this is considered zero fee (for relaying, mining and transaction creation) */
 extern CFeeRate minRelayTxFee;
+/** Absolute maximum transaction fee (in satoshis) used by wallet and mempool (rejects high fee in sendrawtransaction) */
+extern CAmount maxTxFee;
 extern bool fAlerts;
 extern bool fEnableReplacement;
 extern int64_t nLastCoinStakeSearchInterval;
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 0080d9bf7..727562976 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ using namespace std;
 CWallet* pwalletMain = NULL;
 /** Transaction fee set by the user */
 CFeeRate payTxFee(DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_FEE);
-CAmount maxTxFee = DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MAXFEE;
 unsigned int nTxConfirmTarget = DEFAULT_TX_CONFIRM_TARGET;
 bool bSpendZeroConfChange = DEFAULT_SPEND_ZEROCONF_CHANGE;
 bool fSendFreeTransactions = DEFAULT_SEND_FREE_TRANSACTIONS;
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 9bb06bd45..9da3f39a7 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ extern CWallet* pwalletMain;
  * Settings
  */
 extern CFeeRate payTxFee;
-extern CAmount maxTxFee;
 extern CAmount nReserveBalance;
 extern CAmount nMinimumInputValue;
 extern unsigned int nTxConfirmTarget;
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ static const CAmount DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_FEE = 10000;
 static const CAmount DEFAULT_FALLBACK_FEE = 10000;
 //! -mintxfee default
 static const CAmount DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MINFEE = 10000;
-//! -maxtxfee default
-static const CAmount DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MAXFEE = 1 * COIN;
 //! minimum change amount
 static const CAmount MIN_CHANGE = CENT;
 //! Default for -spendzeroconfchange
@@ -215,6 +212,7 @@ public:
     int GetDepthInMainChain() const { const CBlockIndex *pindexRet; return GetDepthInMainChain(pindexRet); }
     bool IsInMainChain() const { const CBlockIndex *pindexRet; return GetDepthInMainChain(pindexRet) > 0; }
     int GetBlocksToMaturity() const;
+    /** Pass this transaction to the mempool. Fails if absolute fee exceeds maxTxFee. */
     bool AcceptToMemoryPool(bool fLimitFree=true, bool fRejectAbsurdFee=true);
     bool hashUnset() const { return (hashBlock.IsNull() || hashBlock == ABANDON_HASH); }
     bool isAbandoned() const { return (hashBlock == ABANDON_HASH); }