diff --git a/contrib/signet/miner b/contrib/signet/miner
index e5daf9f993e..781f76ad1cc 100755
--- a/contrib/signet/miner
+++ b/contrib/signet/miner
@@ -139,35 +139,26 @@ def generate_psbt(tmpl, reward_spk, *, blocktime=None):
 
     return do_createpsbt(block, signme, spendme)
 
-def get_reward_address(args, height):
-    if args.address is not None:
-        return args.address
-
-    if '*' not in args.descriptor:
-        addr = json.loads(args.bcli("deriveaddresses", args.descriptor))[0]
-        args.address = addr
-        return addr
-
-    remove = [k for k in args.derived_addresses.keys() if k+20 <= height]
-    for k in remove:
-        del args.derived_addresses[k]
-
-    addr = args.derived_addresses.get(height, None)
-    if addr is None:
-        addrs = json.loads(args.bcli("deriveaddresses", args.descriptor, "[%d,%d]" % (height, height+20)))
-        addr = addrs[0]
-        for k, a in enumerate(addrs):
-            args.derived_addresses[height+k] = a
-
-    return addr
-
 def get_reward_addr_spk(args, height):
     assert args.address is not None or args.descriptor is not None
 
     if hasattr(args, "reward_spk"):
         return args.address, args.reward_spk
 
-    reward_addr = get_reward_address(args, height)
+    if args.address is not None:
+        reward_addr = args.address
+    elif '*' not in args.descriptor:
+        reward_addr = args.address = json.loads(args.bcli("deriveaddresses", args.descriptor))[0]
+    else:
+        remove = [k for k in args.derived_addresses.keys() if k+20 <= height]
+        for k in remove:
+            del args.derived_addresses[k]
+        if height not in args.derived_addresses:
+            addrs = json.loads(args.bcli("deriveaddresses", args.descriptor, "[%d,%d]" % (height, height+20)))
+            for k, a in enumerate(addrs):
+                args.derived_addresses[height+k] = a
+        reward_addr = args.derived_addresses[height]
+
     reward_spk = bytes.fromhex(json.loads(args.bcli("getaddressinfo", reward_addr))["scriptPubKey"])
     if args.address is not None:
         # will always be the same, so cache