diff --git a/rpc/client.go b/rpc/client.go
index 6cae87be4c51..bc0375c5219a 100644
--- a/rpc/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	ErrBadResult                 = errors.New("bad result in JSON-RPC response")
 	ErrClientQuit                = errors.New("client is closed")
 	ErrNoResult                  = errors.New("no result in JSON-RPC response")
 	ErrSubscriptionQueueOverflow = errors.New("subscription queue overflow")
@@ -316,7 +317,10 @@ func (c *Client) CallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method str
 	case len(resp.Result) == 0:
 		return ErrNoResult
 	default:
-		return json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, &result)
+		if result == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, result)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc/client_test.go b/rpc/client_test.go
index 56bc74b5d083..ea8e8b70a470 100644
--- a/rpc/client_test.go
+++ b/rpc/client_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package rpc
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
@@ -35,6 +37,73 @@ import (
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 )
 
+// This test checks calling a method that returns 'null'.
+func TestClientNullResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	server := newTestServer()
+	defer server.Stop()
+
+	client := DialInProc(server)
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	var result json.RawMessage
+	if err := client.Call(&result, "test_null"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if result == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected non-nil result")
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, json.RawMessage("null")) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected null, got %s", result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestClientBatchRequest_len(t *testing.T) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal([]jsonrpcMessage{
+		{Version: "2.0", ID: json.RawMessage("1"), Method: "foo", Result: json.RawMessage(`"0x1"`)},
+		{Version: "2.0", ID: json.RawMessage("2"), Method: "bar", Result: json.RawMessage(`"0x2"`)},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to encode jsonrpc message:", err)
+	}
+	s := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		_, err := rw.Write(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("failed to write response:", err)
+		}
+	}))
+	t.Cleanup(s.Close)
+
+	client, err := Dial(s.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to dial test server:", err)
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	t.Run("too-few", func(t *testing.T) {
+		batch := []BatchElem{
+			{Method: "foo"},
+			{Method: "bar"},
+			{Method: "baz"},
+		}
+		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+		defer cancelFn()
+		if err := client.BatchCallContext(ctx, batch); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadResult) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q but got: %v", ErrBadResult, err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("too-many", func(t *testing.T) {
+		batch := []BatchElem{
+			{Method: "foo"},
+		}
+		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+		defer cancelFn()
+		if err := client.BatchCallContext(ctx, batch); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadResult) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q but got: %v", ErrBadResult, err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestClientRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	server := newTestServer()
 	defer server.Stop()
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index 68dd4be6c9b5..e43597a992ac 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ func (c *Client) sendBatchHTTP(ctx context.Context, op *requestOp, msgs []*jsonr
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&respmsgs); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if len(respmsgs) != len(msgs) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("batch has %d requests but response has %d: %w", len(msgs), len(respmsgs), ErrBadResult)
+	}
 	for i := 0; i < len(respmsgs); i++ {
 		op.resp <- &respmsgs[i]
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/server_test.go b/rpc/server_test.go
index 2958312c8a15..1af285bc84da 100644
--- a/rpc/server_test.go
+++ b/rpc/server_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestServerRegisterName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected service calc to be registered")
 	}
 
-	wantCallbacks := 9
+	wantCallbacks := 10
 	if len(svc.callbacks) != wantCallbacks {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d callbacks for service 'service', got %d", wantCallbacks, len(svc.callbacks))
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/testservice_test.go b/rpc/testservice_test.go
index 62afc1df44f4..22bd64d2f639 100644
--- a/rpc/testservice_test.go
+++ b/rpc/testservice_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ func (s *testService) Sleep(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration) {
 	time.Sleep(duration)
 }
 
+func (s *testService) Null() any {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *testService) Block(ctx context.Context) error {
 	<-ctx.Done()
 	return errors.New("context canceled in testservice_block")