diff --git a/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go b/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go
index c64813078..1517dd9c3 100644
--- a/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go
+++ b/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ func (mp *MessagePool) VerifyMsgSig(m *types.SignedMessage) error {
 	if m.Signature.Type == crypto.SigTypeDelegated {
 		txArgs, err := eth.NewEthTxArgsFromMessage(&m.Message)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return xerrors.Errorf("failed to convert to eth tx args: %w", err)
 		}
 		msg, err := txArgs.OriginalRlpMsg()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/chain/types/ethtypes/eth_types.go b/chain/types/ethtypes/eth_types.go
index 75846e10a..f9793e054 100644
--- a/chain/types/ethtypes/eth_types.go
+++ b/chain/types/ethtypes/eth_types.go
@@ -284,10 +284,15 @@ func TryEthAddressFromFilecoinAddress(addr address.Address, allowId bool) (EthAd
 
 func EthAddressFromFilecoinAddress(addr address.Address) (EthAddress, error) {
 	ethAddr, ok, err := TryEthAddressFromFilecoinAddress(addr, true)
-	if !ok && err == nil {
-		err = xerrors.Errorf("failed to convert filecoin address %s to an equivalent eth address", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return EthAddress{}, xerrors.Errorf("failed to try converting filecoin to eth addr: %w", err)
 	}
-	return ethAddr, err
+
+	if !ok {
+		return EthAddress{}, xerrors.Errorf("failed to convert filecoin address %s to an equivalent eth address", addr)
+	}
+
+	return ethAddr, nil
 }
 
 func EthAddressFromHex(s string) (EthAddress, error) {
diff --git a/lib/sigs/delegated/init.go b/lib/sigs/delegated/init.go
index e25e8e9cb..f3adf830b 100644
--- a/lib/sigs/delegated/init.go
+++ b/lib/sigs/delegated/init.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func (s delegatedSigner) Sign(pk []byte, msg []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (delegatedSigner) Verify(sig []byte, a address.Address, msg []byte) error {
+	return nil
 	hasher := sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()
 	hasher.Write(msg)
 	hash := hasher.Sum(nil)