diff --git a/.changeset/clean-steaks-try.md b/.changeset/clean-steaks-try.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0f5220c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-steaks-try.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@solana/transaction-confirmation": patch
+---
+
+Actually fixed a bug where transaction errors discovered during recent transaction confirmation might not be thrown. The fix in #793 was insufficient.
diff --git a/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/__tests__/confirmation-strategy-signature-test.ts b/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/__tests__/confirmation-strategy-signature-test.ts
index 0c788d6e1..58c9e6ecf 100644
--- a/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/__tests__/confirmation-strategy-signature-test.ts
+++ b/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/__tests__/confirmation-strategy-signature-test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('createSignatureConfirmationPromiseFactory', () => {
     it('fatals when the signature status returned by the one-shot query is an error', async () => {
         expect.assertions(1);
         getSignatureStatusesMock.mockResolvedValue({
-            value: [{ err: 'o no' }],
+            value: [{ err: 'o no', confirmationStatus: 'finalized' }],
         });
         const signatureConfirmationPromise = getSignatureConfirmationPromise({
             abortSignal: new AbortController().signal,
diff --git a/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/confirmation-strategy-recent-signature.ts b/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/confirmation-strategy-recent-signature.ts
index edbbfd6f8..4735cfe19 100644
--- a/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/confirmation-strategy-recent-signature.ts
+++ b/packages/transaction-confirmation/src/confirmation-strategy-recent-signature.ts
@@ -109,14 +109,16 @@ export function createRecentSignatureConfirmationPromiseFactory<
                 .getSignatureStatuses([signature])
                 .send({ abortSignal: abortController.signal });
             const signatureStatus = signatureStatusResults[0];
-            if (
+            if (signatureStatus?.err) {
+                throw getSolanaErrorFromTransactionError(signatureStatus.err);
+            }
+            else if (
                 signatureStatus?.confirmationStatus &&
                 commitmentComparator(signatureStatus.confirmationStatus, commitment) >= 0
             ) {
                 return;
-            } else if (signatureStatus?.err) {
-                throw getSolanaErrorFromTransactionError(signatureStatus.err);
-            } else {
+            }
+            else {
                 await new Promise(() => {
                     /* never resolve */
                 });