diff --git a/packages/stateful/actions/context.ts b/packages/stateful/actions/context.ts
index 1fecf1d4c..9eb15110a 100644
--- a/packages/stateful/actions/context.ts
+++ b/packages/stateful/actions/context.ts
@@ -6,24 +6,19 @@ import { ActionContextType, ActionEncodeContext } from '@dao-dao/types'
 import { useProposalModuleAdapterCommonContextIfAvailable } from '../proposal-module-adapter/react/context'
 
 /**
- * Get encode context. If in a DAO, must be used inside a proposal module common
- * context.
+ * Get encode context.
  */
 export const useActionEncodeContext = (): ActionEncodeContext => {
   const { context } = useActionOptions()
-
   const proposalModule =
     useProposalModuleAdapterCommonContextIfAvailable()?.options.proposalModule
-  if (context.type === ActionContextType.Dao && !proposalModule) {
-    throw new Error('Proposal module not available in DAO context.')
-  }
 
   return useMemo(
     (): ActionEncodeContext =>
       context.type === ActionContextType.Dao
         ? {
             ...context,
-            proposalModule: proposalModule!,
+            proposalModule,
           }
         : context,
     [context, proposalModule]
diff --git a/packages/stateful/actions/core/actions/Spend/index.tsx b/packages/stateful/actions/core/actions/Spend/index.tsx
index 9f8c4354f..26de6d949 100644
--- a/packages/stateful/actions/core/actions/Spend/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/stateful/actions/core/actions/Spend/index.tsx
@@ -617,8 +617,9 @@ export class SpendAction extends ActionBase<SpendData> {
     if (!cw20 && toChainId !== fromChainId) {
       // Load voting period so we can add the IBC timeout to it.
       const maxVotingPeriod: Duration =
-        // If in a DAO, load voting period from proposal module.
+        // If in a DAO proposal, load voting period from proposal module.
         (encodeContext.type === ActionContextType.Dao &&
+          encodeContext.proposalModule &&
           (await encodeContext.proposalModule.getMaxVotingPeriod())) ||
         (encodeContext.type === ActionContextType.Gov
           ? {
diff --git a/packages/types/actions.ts b/packages/types/actions.ts
index 177755213..8ff49371d 100644
--- a/packages/types/actions.ts
+++ b/packages/types/actions.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,12 @@ export type ActionEncodeContext =
   | {
       type: ActionContextType.Dao
       dao: IDaoBase
-      proposalModule: IProposalModuleBase
+      /**
+       * Proposal module if being used in a DAO proposal. This is undefined, for
+       * example, when a wallet uses AuthzExec to execute something on behalf of
+       * a DAO.
+       */
+      proposalModule?: IProposalModuleBase
     }
   | {
       type: ActionContextType.Wallet