diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index d97b7c6c15c..c631a93674a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1080,7 +1080,6 @@ static RPCHelpMan gettxoutsetinfo()
         LOCK(::cs_main);
         coins_view = &active_chainstate.CoinsDB();
         blockman = &active_chainstate.m_blockman;
-        pindex = blockman->LookupBlockIndex(coins_view->GetBestBlock());
     }
 
     if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
@@ -1104,7 +1103,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan gettxoutsetinfo()
 
             // If a specific block was requested and the index has already synced past that height, we can return the
             // data already even though the index is not fully synced yet.
-            if (pindex->nHeight > summary.best_block_height) {
+            if (pindex && pindex->nHeight > summary.best_block_height) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, strprintf("Unable to get data because coinstatsindex is still syncing. Current height: %d", summary.best_block_height));
             }
         }
@@ -1130,8 +1129,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan gettxoutsetinfo()
             ret.pushKV("disk_size", stats.nDiskSize);
         } else {
             CCoinsStats prev_stats{};
-            if (pindex->nHeight > 0) {
-                const std::optional<CCoinsStats> maybe_prev_stats = GetUTXOStats(coins_view, *blockman, hash_type, node.rpc_interruption_point, pindex->pprev, index_requested);
+            if (stats.nHeight > 0) {
+                const CBlockIndex& block_index = *CHECK_NONFATAL(WITH_LOCK(::cs_main, return blockman->LookupBlockIndex(stats.hashBlock)));
+                const std::optional<CCoinsStats> maybe_prev_stats = GetUTXOStats(coins_view, *blockman, hash_type, node.rpc_interruption_point, block_index.pprev, index_requested);
                 if (!maybe_prev_stats) {
                     throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Unable to read UTXO set");
                 }