diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index b2582198941..c71bcd2b31e 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ RPCConsole::RPCConsole(interfaces::Node& node, const PlatformStyle *_platformSty
     }
 
     ui->splitter->restoreState(settings.value("PeersTabSplitterSizes").toByteArray());
+    m_peer_widget_header_state = settings.value("PeersTabPeerHeaderState").toByteArray();
+    m_banlist_widget_header_state = settings.value("PeersTabBanlistHeaderState").toByteArray();
 
     constexpr QChar nonbreaking_hyphen(8209);
     const std::vector<QString> CONNECTION_TYPE_DOC{
@@ -523,6 +525,9 @@ RPCConsole::~RPCConsole()
     QSettings settings;
     settings.setValue("RPCConsoleWindowGeometry", saveGeometry());
     settings.setValue("PeersTabSplitterSizes", ui->splitter->saveState());
+    settings.setValue("PeersTabPeerHeaderState", m_peer_widget_header_state);
+    settings.setValue("PeersTabBanlistHeaderState", m_banlist_widget_header_state);
+
     m_node.rpcUnsetTimerInterface(rpcTimerInterface);
     delete rpcTimerInterface;
     delete ui;
@@ -612,9 +617,12 @@ void RPCConsole::setClientModel(ClientModel *model, int bestblock_height, int64_
         ui->peerWidget->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
         ui->peerWidget->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);
         ui->peerWidget->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-        ui->peerWidget->setColumnWidth(PeerTableModel::Address, ADDRESS_COLUMN_WIDTH);
-        ui->peerWidget->setColumnWidth(PeerTableModel::Subversion, SUBVERSION_COLUMN_WIDTH);
-        ui->peerWidget->setColumnWidth(PeerTableModel::Ping, PING_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+
+        if (!ui->peerWidget->horizontalHeader()->restoreState(m_peer_widget_header_state)) {
+            ui->peerWidget->setColumnWidth(PeerTableModel::Address, ADDRESS_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+            ui->peerWidget->setColumnWidth(PeerTableModel::Subversion, SUBVERSION_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+            ui->peerWidget->setColumnWidth(PeerTableModel::Ping, PING_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+        }
         ui->peerWidget->horizontalHeader()->setStretchLastSection(true);
 
         // create peer table context menu actions
@@ -655,8 +663,11 @@ void RPCConsole::setClientModel(ClientModel *model, int bestblock_height, int64_
         ui->banlistWidget->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
         ui->banlistWidget->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
         ui->banlistWidget->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-        ui->banlistWidget->setColumnWidth(BanTableModel::Address, BANSUBNET_COLUMN_WIDTH);
-        ui->banlistWidget->setColumnWidth(BanTableModel::Bantime, BANTIME_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+
+        if (!ui->banlistWidget->horizontalHeader()->restoreState(m_banlist_widget_header_state)) {
+            ui->banlistWidget->setColumnWidth(BanTableModel::Address, BANSUBNET_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+            ui->banlistWidget->setColumnWidth(BanTableModel::Bantime, BANTIME_COLUMN_WIDTH);
+        }
         ui->banlistWidget->horizontalHeader()->setStretchLastSection(true);
 
         // create ban table context menu action
@@ -1186,6 +1197,11 @@ void RPCConsole::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
 
 void RPCConsole::hideEvent(QHideEvent *event)
 {
+    // It is too late to call QHeaderView::saveState() in ~RPCConsole(), as all of
+    // the columns of QTableView child widgets will have zero width at that moment.
+    m_peer_widget_header_state = ui->peerWidget->horizontalHeader()->saveState();
+    m_banlist_widget_header_state = ui->banlistWidget->horizontalHeader()->saveState();
+
     QWidget::hideEvent(event);
 
     if (!clientModel || !clientModel->getPeerTableModel())
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.h b/src/qt/rpcconsole.h
index b9806e40c97..f34c4f076c6 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.h
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.h
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
 #include <net.h>
 
-#include <QWidget>
+#include <QByteArray>
 #include <QCompleter>
 #include <QThread>
+#include <QWidget>
 
 class ClientModel;
 class PlatformStyle;
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     QCompleter *autoCompleter = nullptr;
     QThread thread;
     WalletModel* m_last_wallet_model{nullptr};
+    QByteArray m_peer_widget_header_state;
+    QByteArray m_banlist_widget_header_state;
 
     /** Update UI with latest network info from model. */
     void updateNetworkState();