diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go b/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go
index 3c201d042..eba0c237d 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (t *Transaction) decodeBinaryNoSize(br *io.BinReader, buf []byte) {
 		br.Err = errors.New("too many witnesses")
 		return
 	} else if int(nscripts) != len(t.Signers) {
-		br.Err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %d vs %d", ErrInvalidWitnessNum, len(t.Signers), len(t.Scripts))
+		br.Err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %d vs %d", ErrInvalidWitnessNum, len(t.Signers), nscripts)
 		return
 	}
 	t.Scripts = make([]Witness, nscripts)
diff --git a/pkg/vm/testdata/neo-vm b/pkg/vm/testdata/neo-vm
index 02f2c68e7..7e5996844 160000
--- a/pkg/vm/testdata/neo-vm
+++ b/pkg/vm/testdata/neo-vm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 02f2c68e7ba2694aff88c143631e7acf158d378a
+Subproject commit 7e5996844a90b514739f879bc9f873f9a34c9a67