diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 194c5b7f..036987ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (evm) [#603](https://github.com/cosmos/ethermint/pull/603) Add state transition params that enable or disable the EVM `Call` and `Create` operations.
 * (deps) [\#602](https://github.com/cosmos/ethermint/pull/602) Bump tendermint version to [v0.33.9](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/releases/tag/v0.33.9)
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* (rpc) [\#613](https://github.com/cosmos/ethermint/issues/613) Fix potential deadlock caused if the keyring `List` returned an error.
+
 ## [v0.3.0] - 2020-11-16
 
 ### API Breaking
diff --git a/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go b/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
index 71af7b6c..050436fa 100644
--- a/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
+++ b/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) GasPrice() *hexutil.Big {
 func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) Accounts() ([]common.Address, error) {
 	api.logger.Debug("eth_accounts")
 	api.keyringLock.Lock()
+	defer api.keyringLock.Unlock()
 
 	addresses := make([]common.Address, 0) // return [] instead of nil if empty
 
@@ -204,8 +205,6 @@ func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) Accounts() ([]common.Address, error) {
 		return addresses, err
 	}
 
-	api.keyringLock.Unlock()
-
 	for _, info := range infos {
 		addressBytes := info.GetPubKey().Address().Bytes()
 		addresses = append(addresses, common.BytesToAddress(addressBytes))