diff --git a/txscript/standard.go b/txscript/standard.go
index 7a61e365f6..470225e090 100644
--- a/txscript/standard.go
+++ b/txscript/standard.go
@@ -648,27 +648,21 @@ func CalcScriptInfo(sigScript, pkScript []byte, witness wire.TxWitness,
 // CalcMultiSigStats returns the number of public keys and signatures from
 // a multi-signature transaction script.  The passed script MUST already be
 // known to be a multi-signature script.
+//
+// NOTE: This function is only valid for version 0 scripts.  Since the function
+// does not accept a script version, the results are undefined for other script
+// versions.
 func CalcMultiSigStats(script []byte) (int, int, error) {
-	pops, err := parseScript(script)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, err
-	}
-
-	// A multi-signature script is of the pattern:
-	//  NUM_SIGS PUBKEY PUBKEY PUBKEY... NUM_PUBKEYS OP_CHECKMULTISIG
-	// Therefore the number of signatures is the oldest item on the stack
-	// and the number of pubkeys is the 2nd to last.  Also, the absolute
-	// minimum for a multi-signature script is 1 pubkey, so at least 4
-	// items must be on the stack per:
-	//  OP_1 PUBKEY OP_1 OP_CHECKMULTISIG
-	if len(pops) < 4 {
+	// The public keys are not needed here, so pass false to avoid the extra
+	// allocation.
+	const scriptVersion = 0
+	details := extractMultisigScriptDetails(scriptVersion, script, false)
+	if !details.valid {
 		str := fmt.Sprintf("script %x is not a multisig script", script)
 		return 0, 0, scriptError(ErrNotMultisigScript, str)
 	}
 
-	numSigs := asSmallInt(pops[0].opcode.value)
-	numPubKeys := asSmallInt(pops[len(pops)-2].opcode.value)
-	return numPubKeys, numSigs, nil
+	return details.numPubKeys, details.requiredSigs, nil
 }
 
 // payToPubKeyHashScript creates a new script to pay a transaction
diff --git a/txscript/standard_test.go b/txscript/standard_test.go
index 37dd8f8a37..582d30eee4 100644
--- a/txscript/standard_test.go
+++ b/txscript/standard_test.go
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ func TestCalcMultiSigStats(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "short script",
 			script: "0x046708afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828" +
 				"e03909a67962e0ea1f61d",
-			err: scriptError(ErrMalformedPush, ""),
+			err: scriptError(ErrNotMultisigScript, ""),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "stack underflow",
@@ -843,11 +843,7 @@ func TestCalcMultiSigStats(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "multisig script",
-			script: "0 DATA_72 0x30450220106a3e4ef0b51b764a2887226" +
-				"2ffef55846514dacbdcbbdd652c849d395b4384022100" +
-				"e03ae554c3cbb40600d31dd46fc33f25e47bf8525b1fe" +
-				"07282e3b6ecb5f3bb2801 CODESEPARATOR 1 DATA_33 " +
-				"0x0232abdc893e7f0631364d7fd01cb33d24da45329a0" +
+			script: "1 DATA_33 0x0232abdc893e7f0631364d7fd01cb33d24da45329a0" +
 				"0357b3a7886211ab414d55a 1 CHECKMULTISIG",
 			err: nil,
 		},