diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index cccb088eec7..11d2b61da87 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1288,19 +1288,6 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
     // as they would never get updated.
     if (!ignores_incoming_txs) node.fee_estimator = std::make_unique<CBlockPolicyEstimator>();
 
-    assert(!node.mempool);
-    int check_ratio = std::min<int>(std::max<int>(args.GetIntArg("-checkmempool", chainparams.DefaultConsistencyChecks() ? 1 : 0), 0), 1000000);
-    node.mempool = std::make_unique<CTxMemPool>(node.fee_estimator.get(), check_ratio);
-
-    assert(!node.chainman);
-    node.chainman = std::make_unique<ChainstateManager>();
-    ChainstateManager& chainman = *node.chainman;
-
-    assert(!node.peerman);
-    node.peerman = PeerManager::make(chainparams, *node.connman, *node.addrman, node.banman.get(),
-                                     chainman, *node.mempool, ignores_incoming_txs);
-    RegisterValidationInterface(node.peerman.get());
-
     // sanitize comments per BIP-0014, format user agent and check total size
     std::vector<std::string> uacomments;
     for (const std::string& cmt : args.GetArgs("-uacomment")) {
@@ -1429,8 +1416,17 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
     LogPrintf("* Using %.1f MiB for chain state database\n", cache_sizes.coins_db * (1.0 / 1024 / 1024));
     LogPrintf("* Using %.1f MiB for in-memory UTXO set (plus up to %.1f MiB of unused mempool space)\n", cache_sizes.coins * (1.0 / 1024 / 1024), nMempoolSizeMax * (1.0 / 1024 / 1024));
 
+    assert(!node.mempool);
+    assert(!node.chainman);
+    int check_ratio = std::min<int>(std::max<int>(args.GetIntArg("-checkmempool", chainparams.DefaultConsistencyChecks() ? 1 : 0), 0), 1000000);
+
     bool fLoaded = false;
     while (!fLoaded && !ShutdownRequested()) {
+        node.mempool = std::make_unique<CTxMemPool>(node.fee_estimator.get(), check_ratio);
+
+        node.chainman = std::make_unique<ChainstateManager>();
+        ChainstateManager& chainman = *node.chainman;
+
         const bool fReset = fReindex;
         bilingual_str strLoadError;
 
@@ -1562,6 +1558,13 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
         return false;
     }
 
+    ChainstateManager& chainman = *Assert(node.chainman);
+
+    assert(!node.peerman);
+    node.peerman = PeerManager::make(chainparams, *node.connman, *node.addrman, node.banman.get(),
+                                     chainman, *node.mempool, ignores_incoming_txs);
+    RegisterValidationInterface(node.peerman.get());
+
     // ********************************************************* Step 8: start indexers
     if (args.GetBoolArg("-txindex", DEFAULT_TXINDEX)) {
         if (const auto error{WITH_LOCK(cs_main, return CheckLegacyTxindex(*Assert(chainman.m_blockman.m_block_tree_db)))}) {
diff --git a/src/node/chainstate.cpp b/src/node/chainstate.cpp
index e43211402ca..99615dea692 100644
--- a/src/node/chainstate.cpp
+++ b/src/node/chainstate.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ std::optional<ChainstateLoadingError> LoadChainstate(bool fReset,
     chainman.m_total_coinstip_cache = nCoinCacheUsage;
     chainman.m_total_coinsdb_cache = nCoinDBCache;
 
-    UnloadBlockIndex(mempool, chainman);
-
     auto& pblocktree{chainman.m_blockman.m_block_tree_db};
     // new CBlockTreeDB tries to delete the existing file, which
     // fails if it's still open from the previous loop. Close it first: