diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/reaging/LoanReAgingService.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/reaging/LoanReAgingService.java
index 1751816a8..e0f8c2bf5 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/reaging/LoanReAgingService.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/reaging/LoanReAgingService.java
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ public class LoanReAgingService {
     public CommandProcessingResult reAge(final Long loanId, final JsonCommand command) {
         final Loan loan = loanAssembler.assembleFrom(loanId);
         reAgingValidator.validateReAge(loan, command);
+        BigDecimal userProvidedTxnAmount = command.bigDecimalValueOfParameterNamed(LoanReAgingApiConstants.transactionAmountParamName);
 
         final LoanTransaction reAgeTransaction = createReAgeTransaction(loan, command);
         processReAgeTransaction(loan, reAgeTransaction, true);
+        validateUserProvidedTransactionAmount(userProvidedTxnAmount, reAgeTransaction);
         loanTransactionRepository.saveAndFlush(reAgeTransaction);
         loan.updateLoanScheduleDependentDerivedFields();
 
@@ -236,15 +238,7 @@ public class LoanReAgingService {
         }
         // in case of a reaging transaction, only the outstanding principal amount until the business date is considered
         Money txPrincipal = loan.getTotalPrincipalOutstandingUntil(transactionDate);
-        final BigDecimal txPrincipalAmount = txPrincipal.getAmount();
-        if (command.hasParameter(LoanReAgingApiConstants.transactionAmountParamName)) {
-            final BigDecimal transactionAmount = command
-                    .bigDecimalValueOfParameterNamed(LoanReAgingApiConstants.transactionAmountParamName);
-            if (!MathUtil.isEqualTo(txPrincipalAmount, transactionAmount)) {
-                throw new GeneralPlatformDomainRuleException("error.msg.loan.reage.amount.not.match.with.calculated.reage.amount",
-                        "re-age amount is not matching with the calculated re-age amount", txPrincipalAmount);
-            }
-        }
+        BigDecimal txPrincipalAmount = txPrincipal.getAmount();
 
         final LoanTransaction reAgeTransaction = new LoanTransaction(loan, loan.getOffice(), LoanTransactionType.REAGE, transactionDate,
                 txPrincipalAmount, txPrincipalAmount, ZERO, ZERO, ZERO, null, false, null, txExternalId);
@@ -326,4 +320,16 @@ public class LoanReAgingService {
                 reAgeInterestHandlingType, null);
     }
 
+    private void validateUserProvidedTransactionAmount(BigDecimal userProvidedTxnAmount, LoanTransaction reAgeTransaction) {
+        if (userProvidedTxnAmount != null) {
+            final BigDecimal calculatedReageTxnAmount = reAgeTransaction.getAmount();
+            if (!MathUtil.isEqualTo(calculatedReageTxnAmount, userProvidedTxnAmount)) {
+                String errorMessage = String.format(
+                        "User provided re-age amount (%s) is not matching with the calculated re-age amount (%s)", userProvidedTxnAmount,
+                        calculatedReageTxnAmount);
+                throw new GeneralPlatformDomainRuleException("error.msg.loan.reage.amount.not.match.with.calculated.reage.amount",
+                        errorMessage, userProvidedTxnAmount, calculatedReageTxnAmount);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }