diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCScriptAndDerivation.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCScriptAndDerivation.qml
index 3a0ae5923..c7d7f2781 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCScriptAndDerivation.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCScriptAndDerivation.qml
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ WizardComponent {
         var p = isMultisig ? getMultisigScriptTypePurposeDict() : getScriptTypePurposeDict()
         if (!scripttypegroup.checkedButton.scripttype in p)
             return
-        if (!bitcoin.verifyDerivationPath(derivationpathtext.text))
+        if (!bitcoin.verifyDerivationPath(derivationpathtext.text)) {
+            validationtext.text = qsTr('Invalid derivation path')
             return
+        }
 
         if (isMultisig && cosigner) {
             apply()