diff --git a/types/query/pagination_test.go b/types/query/pagination_test.go
index e24d7c489d..f0e1377a1e 100644
--- a/types/query/pagination_test.go
+++ b/types/query/pagination_test.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (s *paginationTestSuite) TestPagination() {
 	request = types.NewQueryAllBalancesRequest(addr1, pageReq)
 	res, err = queryClient.AllBalances(gocontext.Background(), request)
 	s.Require().Error(err)
-	s.Require().Equal(err.Error(), "invalid request, either offset or key is expected, got both")
+	s.Require().Equal("rpc error: code = InvalidArgument desc = paginate: invalid request, either offset or key is expected, got both", err.Error())
 
 	s.T().Log("verify paginate with offset greater than total results")
 	pageReq = &query.PageRequest{Offset: 300, Limit: defaultLimit, CountTotal: false}
diff --git a/x/bank/keeper/grpc_query.go b/x/bank/keeper/grpc_query.go
index a71d0d72c0..bcf143b8aa 100644
--- a/x/bank/keeper/grpc_query.go
+++ b/x/bank/keeper/grpc_query.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (k BaseKeeper) AllBalances(ctx context.Context, req *types.QueryAllBalances
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return &types.QueryAllBalancesResponse{}, err
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "paginate: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return &types.QueryAllBalancesResponse{Balances: balances, Pagination: pageRes}, nil