diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/nep11/base.go b/pkg/rpcclient/nep11/base.go
index e9932579a..8aaf06a89 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/nep11/base.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/nep11/base.go
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ func NewBase(actor Actor, hash util.Uint160) *Base {
 	return &Base{*NewBaseReader(actor, hash), actor}
 }
 
-// BalanceOf returns the number of NFTs owned by the given account. For divisible
-// NFTs that's the sum of all parts of tokens.
-func (t *BaseReader) BalanceOf(account util.Uint160) (*big.Int, error) {
-	return unwrap.BigInt(t.invoker.Call(t.hash, "balanceOf", account))
-}
-
 // Properties returns a set of token's properties such as name or URL. The map
 // is returned as is from this method (stack item) for maximum flexibility,
 // contracts can return a lot of specific data there. Most of the time though
diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/nep17/nep17.go b/pkg/rpcclient/nep17/nep17.go
index e19f4ec7f..d6c263747 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/nep17/nep17.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/nep17/nep17.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/unwrap"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/smartcontract"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
 )
@@ -35,15 +34,13 @@ type Actor interface {
 // used to query various data.
 type TokenReader struct {
 	neptoken.Base
-
-	invoker Invoker
-	hash    util.Uint160
 }
 
 // Token provides full NEP-17 interface, both safe and state-changing methods.
 type Token struct {
 	TokenReader
 
+	hash  util.Uint160
 	actor Actor
 }
 
@@ -62,21 +59,16 @@ type TransferParameters struct {
 	Data   interface{}
 }
 
-// NewReader creates an instance of TokenReader for contract with the given hash
-// using the given Invoker.
+// NewReader creates an instance of TokenReader for contract with the given
+// hash using the given Invoker.
 func NewReader(invoker Invoker, hash util.Uint160) *TokenReader {
-	return &TokenReader{*neptoken.New(invoker, hash), invoker, hash}
+	return &TokenReader{*neptoken.New(invoker, hash)}
 }
 
 // New creates an instance of Token for contract with the given hash
 // using the given Actor.
 func New(actor Actor, hash util.Uint160) *Token {
-	return &Token{*NewReader(actor, hash), actor}
-}
-
-// BalanceOf returns the token balance of the given account.
-func (t *TokenReader) BalanceOf(account util.Uint160) (*big.Int, error) {
-	return unwrap.BigInt(t.invoker.Call(t.hash, "balanceOf", account))
+	return &Token{*NewReader(actor, hash), hash, actor}
 }
 
 // Transfer creates and sends a transaction that performs a `transfer` method
diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base.go b/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base.go
index 63e258d6b..610e2be8e 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base.go
@@ -61,3 +61,12 @@ func (b *Base) Symbol() (string, error) {
 func (b *Base) TotalSupply() (*big.Int, error) {
 	return unwrap.BigInt(b.invoker.Call(b.hash, "totalSupply"))
 }
+
+// BalanceOf returns the token balance of the given account. For NEP-17 that's
+// the token balance with decimals (1 TOK with 2 decimals will lead to 100
+// returned from this method). For non-divisible NEP-11 that's the number of
+// NFTs owned by the account, for divisible NEP-11 that's the sum of the parts
+// of all NFTs owned by the account.
+func (b *Base) BalanceOf(account util.Uint160) (*big.Int, error) {
+	return unwrap.BigInt(b.invoker.Call(b.hash, "balanceOf", account))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base_test.go b/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base_test.go
index b251de5f0..7f7320d7c 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/neptoken/base_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ func TestBaseErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	_, err = base.TotalSupply()
 	require.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = base.BalanceOf(util.Uint160{1, 2, 3})
+	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	ti.err = nil
 	ti.res = &result.Invoke{
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ func TestBaseErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	_, err = base.TotalSupply()
 	require.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = base.BalanceOf(util.Uint160{1, 2, 3})
+	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	ti.res = &result.Invoke{
 		State: "HALT",
@@ -53,6 +57,8 @@ func TestBaseErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	_, err = base.TotalSupply()
 	require.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = base.BalanceOf(util.Uint160{1, 2, 3})
+	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestBaseDecimals(t *testing.T) {
@@ -135,3 +141,27 @@ func TestBaseTotalSupply(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = base.TotalSupply()
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestBaseBalanceOf(t *testing.T) {
+	ti := new(testInv)
+	base := New(ti, util.Uint160{1, 2, 3})
+
+	ti.res = &result.Invoke{
+		State: "HALT",
+		Stack: []stackitem.Item{
+			stackitem.Make(100500),
+		},
+	}
+	bal, err := base.BalanceOf(util.Uint160{1, 2, 3})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, big.NewInt(100500), bal)
+
+	ti.res = &result.Invoke{
+		State: "HALT",
+		Stack: []stackitem.Item{
+			stackitem.Make([]stackitem.Item{}),
+		},
+	}
+	_, err = base.BalanceOf(util.Uint160{1, 2, 3})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}