diff --git a/accounts/abi/argument.go b/accounts/abi/argument.go
index 4691318ce..cd856061e 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/argument.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/argument.go
@@ -49,3 +49,13 @@ func (a *Argument) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func countNonIndexedArguments(args []Argument) int {
+	out := 0
+	for i := range args {
+		if !args[i].Indexed {
+			out++
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/event.go b/accounts/abi/event.go
index 0d3c3c4fa..b67bc96a8 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/event.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/event.go
@@ -59,16 +59,19 @@ func (e Event) tupleUnpack(v interface{}, output []byte) error {
 	var (
 		value = valueOf.Elem()
 		typ   = value.Type()
+		kind  = value.Kind()
 	)
-
-	if value.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-		return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal tuple in to %v", typ)
+	if err := requireUnpackKind(value, typ, kind, e.Inputs, true); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
+	// `i` counts the nonindexed arguments.
+	// `j` counts the number of complex types.
+	// both `i` and `j` are used to to correctly compute `data` offset.
 	i, j := -1, 0
 	for _, input := range e.Inputs {
 		if input.Indexed {
-			// can't read, continue
+			// Indexed arguments are not packed into data
 			continue
 		}
 		i++
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ func (e Event) tupleUnpack(v interface{}, output []byte) error {
 		}
 		reflectValue := reflect.ValueOf(marshalledValue)
 
-		switch value.Kind() {
+		switch kind {
 		case reflect.Struct:
 			for j := 0; j < typ.NumField(); j++ {
 				field := typ.Field(j)
@@ -95,19 +98,13 @@ func (e Event) tupleUnpack(v interface{}, output []byte) error {
 				}
 			}
 		case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
-			if value.Len() < i {
-				return fmt.Errorf("abi: insufficient number of arguments for unpack, want %d, got %d", i, value.Len())
-			}
 			v := value.Index(i)
-			if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr && v.Kind() != reflect.Interface {
-				return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal %v in to %v", v.Type(), reflectValue.Type())
+			if err := requireAssignable(v, reflectValue); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
-			reflectValue := reflect.ValueOf(marshalledValue)
 			if err := set(v.Elem(), reflectValue, input); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal tuple in to %v", typ)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/accounts/abi/method.go b/accounts/abi/method.go
index 66e8751f3..ee79b51cb 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/method.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/method.go
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ func (method Method) tupleUnpack(v interface{}, output []byte) error {
 	var (
 		value = valueOf.Elem()
 		typ   = value.Type()
+		kind  = value.Kind()
 	)
+	if err := requireUnpackKind(value, typ, kind, method.Outputs, false); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	j := 0
 	for i := 0; i < len(method.Outputs); i++ {
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ func (method Method) tupleUnpack(v interface{}, output []byte) error {
 		}
 		reflectValue := reflect.ValueOf(marshalledValue)
 
-		switch value.Kind() {
+		switch kind {
 		case reflect.Struct:
 			for j := 0; j < typ.NumField(); j++ {
 				field := typ.Field(j)
@@ -129,19 +133,13 @@ func (method Method) tupleUnpack(v interface{}, output []byte) error {
 				}
 			}
 		case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
-			if value.Len() < i {
-				return fmt.Errorf("abi: insufficient number of arguments for unpack, want %d, got %d", len(method.Outputs), value.Len())
-			}
 			v := value.Index(i)
-			if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr && v.Kind() != reflect.Interface {
-				return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal %v in to %v", v.Type(), reflectValue.Type())
+			if err := requireAssignable(v, reflectValue); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
-			reflectValue := reflect.ValueOf(marshalledValue)
 			if err := set(v.Elem(), reflectValue, method.Outputs[i]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal tuple in to %v", typ)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/accounts/abi/reflect.go b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
index e953b77c1..fbcd576e5 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/reflect.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
@@ -85,3 +85,11 @@ func set(dst, src reflect.Value, output Argument) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// requireAssignable assures that `dest` is a pointer and it's not an interface.
+func requireAssignable(dst, src reflect.Value) error {
+	if dst.Kind() != reflect.Ptr && dst.Kind() != reflect.Interface {
+		return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal %v into %v", src.Type(), dst.Type())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack.go b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
index 051fc1916..5adb91ff7 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/unpack.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
@@ -202,4 +202,4 @@ func lengthPrefixPointsTo(index int, output []byte) (start int, length int, err
 
 	//fmt.Printf("LENGTH PREFIX INFO: \nsize: %v\noffset: %v\nstart: %v\n", length, offset, start)
 	return
-}
+}
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