diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index e4b65fbfa9..03969b00bb 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -296,10 +296,11 @@ void Shutdown(NodeContext& node)
 
     StopTorControl();
 
-    // After everything has been shut down, but before things get flushed, stop the
-    // scheduler and load block thread.
-    if (node.scheduler) node.scheduler->stop();
     if (node.chainman && node.chainman->m_thread_load.joinable()) node.chainman->m_thread_load.join();
+    // After everything has been shut down, but before things get flushed, stop the
+    // the scheduler. After this point, SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue() should not be called anymore
+    // as this would prevent the shutdown from completing.
+    if (node.scheduler) node.scheduler->stop();
 
     // After the threads that potentially access these pointers have been stopped,
     // destruct and reset all to nullptr.