diff --git a/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go b/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go
index 916709ca7..1380b7ed6 100644
--- a/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go
+++ b/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package rpccontext
 
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
-	difficultyPackage "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/difficulty"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
 
+	difficultyPackage "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/difficulty"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"
 
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/estimatedsize"
@@ -62,12 +63,15 @@ func (ctx *Context) PopulateBlockWithVerboseData(block *appmessage.RPCBlock, dom
 	}
 
 	block.VerboseData = &appmessage.RPCBlockVerboseData{
-		Hash:               blockHash.String(),
-		Difficulty:         ctx.GetDifficultyRatio(domainBlockHeader.Bits(), ctx.Config.ActiveNetParams),
-		ChildrenHashes:     hashes.ToStrings(childrenHashes),
-		SelectedParentHash: selectedParentHash.String(),
-		IsHeaderOnly:       blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly,
-		BlueScore:          blockInfo.BlueScore,
+		Hash:           blockHash.String(),
+		Difficulty:     ctx.GetDifficultyRatio(domainBlockHeader.Bits(), ctx.Config.ActiveNetParams),
+		ChildrenHashes: hashes.ToStrings(childrenHashes),
+		IsHeaderOnly:   blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly,
+		BlueScore:      blockInfo.BlueScore,
+	}
+	// selectedParentHash will be nil in the genesis block
+	if selectedParentHash != nil {
+		block.VerboseData.SelectedParentHash = selectedParentHash.String()
 	}
 
 	if blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
diff --git a/stability-tests/rpc-stability/run/commands.json b/stability-tests/rpc-stability/run/commands.json
index 1db742301..ebf5808b9 100644
--- a/stability-tests/rpc-stability/run/commands.json
+++ b/stability-tests/rpc-stability/run/commands.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {"getBlockDagInfoRequest": {}}
 {"getBlockRequest": {"hash": "0000691a26e1cd33ed9d0587d774181726f4e38eecd722a858d3baaa1fd19250"}}
 {"getBlockRequest": {"hash": "666661a26e1cd33ed9d0587d774181726f4e38eecd722a858d3baaa1fd19250"}}
-{"submitBlockRequest": {"block": {"header":{"version":1,"parentHashes":[],"hashMerkleRoot":{"bytes":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"},"acceptedIdMerkleRoot":{"bytes":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"},"utxoCommitment":{"bytes":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"},"timestamp":1593528309396,"bits":511705087,"nonce":282366},"transactions":[{"version":1,"inputs":[],"outputs":[],"lockTime":0,"subnetworkId":{"bytes":"100000000000000000000000000"},"gas":0,"payload":"AAAAAAAAAAAXqRTaF0XptUm9C/oaVplxx366MM1aS4drYXNwYS1kZXZuZXQ="}]}}}
+{"submitBlockRequest": {"block": {"header":{"version":1,"parentHashes":[],"hashMerkleRoot":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","acceptedIdMerkleRoot":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","utxoCommitment": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","timestamp":1593528309396,"bits":511705087,"nonce":282366},"transactions":[{"version":1,"inputs":[],"outputs":[],"lockTime":0,"subnetworkId":"100000000000000000000000000","gas":0,"payload":"AAAAAAAAAAAXqRTaF0XptUm9C/oaVplxx366MM1aS4drYXNwYS1kZXZuZXQ="}]}}}
 {"submitTransactionRequest": {"transaction": {"version":1,"inputs":[],"outputs":[],"lockTime":0,"subnetworkId":"100000000000000000000000000","gas":0,"payload":"AAAAAAAAAAAXqRTaF0XptUm9C/oaVplxx366MM1aS4drYXNwYS1kZXZuZXQ="}}}