diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e4f29d64a0d..f8be9cfb3c11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 ### Improvements
 
 * (baseapp) [\#9578](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9578) Return `Baseapp`'s `trace` value for logging error stack traces.
+* (cli) [\#9593](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9593) Check if chain-id is blank before verifying signatures in multisign and error.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
index cd5c687eac6b..1b7a68a9c729 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ func makeMultiSignCmd() func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			if txFactory.ChainID() == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("set the chain id with either the --chain-id flag or config file")
+			}
+
 			signingData := signing.SignerData{
 				ChainID:       txFactory.ChainID(),
 				AccountNumber: txFactory.AccountNumber(),