diff --git a/internal/blockchain/ethereum/ethereum.go b/internal/blockchain/ethereum/ethereum.go
index c2e4a7b79..7cca630fd 100644
--- a/internal/blockchain/ethereum/ethereum.go
+++ b/internal/blockchain/ethereum/ethereum.go
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ func (e *Ethereum) applyOptions(ctx context.Context, body, options map[string]in
 	return body, nil
 }
 
-func (e *Ethereum) invokeContractMethod(ctx context.Context, address, signingKey string, abi *abi.Entry, requestID string, input []interface{}, errors []*abi.Entry, options map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+func (e *Ethereum) invokeContractMethod(ctx context.Context, address, signingKey string, abi *abi.Entry, requestID string, input []interface{}, errors []*abi.Entry, options map[string]interface{}) (submissionRejected bool, err error) {
 	if e.metrics.IsMetricsEnabled() {
 		e.metrics.BlockchainTransaction(address, abi.Name)
 	}
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ func (e *Ethereum) SubmitNetworkAction(ctx context.Context, nsOpID string, signi
 	return err
 }
 
-func (e *Ethereum) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, nsOpID, signingKey string, definition, contract *fftypes.JSONAny, input []interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+func (e *Ethereum) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, nsOpID, signingKey string, definition, contract *fftypes.JSONAny, input []interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (submissionRejected bool, err error) {
 	if e.metrics.IsMetricsEnabled() {
 		e.metrics.BlockchainContractDeployment()
 	}
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func (e *Ethereum) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, nsOpID, signingKey string
 	if signingKey != "" {
 		body["from"] = signingKey
 	}
-	body, err := e.applyOptions(ctx, body, options)
+	body, err = e.applyOptions(ctx, body, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return true, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/blockchain/fabric/fabric.go b/internal/blockchain/fabric/fabric.go
index d9dee31b2..03b3fca8e 100644
--- a/internal/blockchain/fabric/fabric.go
+++ b/internal/blockchain/fabric/fabric.go
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ func (f *Fabric) ResolveSigningKey(ctx context.Context, signingKeyInput string,
 	return signingKeyInput, nil
 }
 
-func (f *Fabric) invokeContractMethod(ctx context.Context, channel, chaincode, methodName, signingKey, requestID string, prefixItems []*PrefixItem, input map[string]interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+func (f *Fabric) invokeContractMethod(ctx context.Context, channel, chaincode, methodName, signingKey, requestID string, prefixItems []*PrefixItem, input map[string]interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (submissionRejected bool, err error) {
 	body, err := f.buildFabconnectRequestBody(ctx, channel, chaincode, methodName, signingKey, requestID, prefixItems, input, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return true, err
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ func (f *Fabric) buildFabconnectRequestBody(ctx context.Context, channel, chainc
 	return body, nil
 }
 
-func (f *Fabric) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, nsOpID, signingKey string, definition, contract *fftypes.JSONAny, input []interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+func (f *Fabric) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, nsOpID, signingKey string, definition, contract *fftypes.JSONAny, input []interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (submissionRejected bool, err error) {
 	return true, i18n.NewError(ctx, coremsgs.MsgNotSupportedByBlockchainPlugin)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/blockchain/tezos/tezos.go b/internal/blockchain/tezos/tezos.go
index e791b5c54..f5dd984d4 100644
--- a/internal/blockchain/tezos/tezos.go
+++ b/internal/blockchain/tezos/tezos.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func (t *Tezos) SubmitNetworkAction(ctx context.Context, nsOpID string, signingK
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (t *Tezos) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, nsOpID, signingKey string, definition, contract *fftypes.JSONAny, input []interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+func (t *Tezos) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, nsOpID, signingKey string, definition, contract *fftypes.JSONAny, input []interface{}, options map[string]interface{}) (submissionRejected bool, err error) {
 	return true, i18n.NewError(ctx, coremsgs.MsgNotSupportedByBlockchainPlugin)
 }
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ func (t *Tezos) recoverFFI(ctx context.Context, parsedMethod interface{}) (*ffty
 	return methodInfo.method, methodInfo.errors, nil
 }
 
-func (t *Tezos) invokeContractMethod(ctx context.Context, address, methodName, signingKey, requestID string, michelsonInput micheline.Parameters, options map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+func (t *Tezos) invokeContractMethod(ctx context.Context, address, methodName, signingKey, requestID string, michelsonInput micheline.Parameters, options map[string]interface{}) (submissionRejected bool, err error) {
 	if t.metrics.IsMetricsEnabled() {
 		t.metrics.BlockchainTransaction(address, methodName)
 	}