diff --git a/src/coins.cpp b/src/coins.cpp
index 5a6ae525a7..f55932f302 100644
--- a/src/coins.cpp
+++ b/src/coins.cpp
@@ -253,9 +253,12 @@ bool CCoinsViewCache::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlockIn
 
 bool CCoinsViewCache::Flush() {
     bool fOk = base->BatchWrite(cacheCoins, hashBlock, /*erase=*/true);
-    if (fOk && !cacheCoins.empty()) {
-        /* BatchWrite must erase all cacheCoins elements when erase=true. */
-        throw std::logic_error("Not all cached coins were erased");
+    if (fOk) {
+        if (!cacheCoins.empty()) {
+            /* BatchWrite must erase all cacheCoins elements when erase=true. */
+            throw std::logic_error("Not all cached coins were erased");
+        }
+        ReallocateCache();
     }
     cachedCoinsUsage = 0;
     return fOk;
diff --git a/src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp b/src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp
index 26c48eb0e0..205164b94c 100644
--- a/src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/validation_flush_tests.cpp
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(getcoinscachesizestate)
             CoinsCacheSizeState::OK);
     }
 
-    // Flushing the view doesn't take us back to OK because cacheCoins has
-    // preallocated memory that doesn't get reclaimed even after flush.
+    // Flushing the view does take us back to OK because ReallocateCache() is called
 
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
         chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, 0),
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(getcoinscachesizestate)
 
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
         chainstate.GetCoinsCacheSizeState(MAX_COINS_CACHE_BYTES, 0),
-        CoinsCacheSizeState::CRITICAL);
+        CoinsCacheSizeState::OK);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index e82fead89e..cf7688ea9f 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4930,7 +4930,6 @@ bool Chainstate::ResizeCoinsCaches(size_t coinstip_size, size_t coinsdb_size)
     } else {
         // Otherwise, flush state to disk and deallocate the in-memory coins map.
         ret = FlushStateToDisk(state, FlushStateMode::ALWAYS);
-        CoinsTip().ReallocateCache();
     }
     return ret;
 }