diff --git a/src/index/base.cpp b/src/index/base.cpp
index 1169a1c86b7..e08f9083992 100644
--- a/src/index/base.cpp
+++ b/src/index/base.cpp
@@ -253,18 +253,13 @@ bool BaseIndex::Rewind(const CBlockIndex* current_tip, const CBlockIndex* new_ti
         return false;
     }
 
-    // In the case of a reorg, ensure persisted block locator is not stale.
+    // Don't commit here - the committed index state must never be ahead of the
+    // flushed chainstate, otherwise unclean restarts would lead to index corruption.
     // Pruning has a minimum of 288 blocks-to-keep and getting the index
     // out of sync may be possible but a users fault.
     // In case we reorg beyond the pruned depth, ReadBlock would
     // throw and lead to a graceful shutdown
     SetBestBlockIndex(new_tip);
-    if (!Commit()) {
-        // If commit fails, revert the best block index to avoid corruption.
-        SetBestBlockIndex(current_tip);
-        return false;
-    }
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex.py b/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex.py
index 764f027c857..dd1484f8b3e 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_coinstatsindex.py
@@ -322,6 +322,21 @@ class CoinStatsIndexTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         res1 = index_node.gettxoutsetinfo(hash_type='muhash', hash_or_height=None, use_index=True)
         assert_equal(res["muhash"], res1["muhash"])
 
+        self.log.info("Test index with an unclean restart after a reorg")
+        self.restart_node(1, extra_args=self.extra_args[1])
+        committed_height = index_node.getblockcount()
+        self.generate(index_node, 2, sync_fun=self.no_op)
+        self.sync_index_node()
+        block2 = index_node.getbestblockhash()
+        index_node.invalidateblock(block2)
+        self.generatetoaddress(index_node, 1, getnewdestination()[2], sync_fun=self.no_op)
+        self.sync_index_node()
+        index_node.kill_process()
+        self.start_node(1, extra_args=self.extra_args[1])
+        self.sync_index_node()
+        # Because of the unclean shutdown above, indexes reset to the point we last committed them to disk.
+        assert_equal(index_node.getindexinfo()['coinstatsindex']['best_block_height'], committed_height)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     CoinStatsIndexTest(__file__).main()