diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d69fd82c03..ef62f43ff1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ The format is loosely based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+  - Wallet:
+    - Fixed an issue where `standalone-add-watch-only-address`, `standalone-add-private-key-from-hex` and
+      `standalone-add-multisig` (and the corresponding RPC methods) would reset the wallet to genesis but never
+      perform the announced rescan; the rescan is now done before the command returns. Previously, in `wallet-cli`
+      non-interactive mode the process would exit before the background rescan could run, leaving the wallet
+      stuck at genesis so that every subsequent wallet open had to rescan the whole blockchain.
+
 ## [1.4.0] - 2026-07-09
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/wallet/wallet-rpc-lib/src/rpc/mod.rs b/wallet/wallet-rpc-lib/src/rpc/mod.rs
index 3f28c91f20..6b333abb75 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet-rpc-lib/src/rpc/mod.rs
+++ b/wallet/wallet-rpc-lib/src/rpc/mod.rs
@@ -366,8 +366,9 @@ where
                         .await?
                         .add_standalone_address(pkh, label);
 
-                    if !no_rescan {
+                    if res.is_ok() && !no_rescan {
                         w.reset_wallet_to_genesis()?;
+                        w.sync_once().await?;
                     }
 
                     res
@@ -396,8 +397,9 @@ where
                         .await?
                         .add_standalone_private_key(private_key, label);
 
-                    if !no_rescan {
+                    if res.is_ok() && !no_rescan {
                         w.reset_wallet_to_genesis()?;
+                        w.sync_once().await?;
                     }
 
                     res
@@ -455,8 +457,9 @@ where
                         .await?
                         .add_standalone_multisig(challenge, label);
 
-                    if !no_rescan {
+                    if res.is_ok() && !no_rescan {
                         w.reset_wallet_to_genesis()?;
+                        w.sync_once().await?;
                     }
 
                     res