diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index e3fab44719..f140999622 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ static int ComputeNextBlockAndDepth(const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* b
 
 UniValue blockheaderToJSON(const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* blockindex)
 {
+    // Serialize passed information without accessing chain state of the active chain!
+    AssertLockNotHeld(cs_main); // For performance reasons
+
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
     result.pushKV("hash", blockindex->GetBlockHash().GetHex());
     const CBlockIndex* pnext;
@@ -119,6 +122,9 @@ UniValue blockheaderToJSON(const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* blockindex
 
 UniValue blockToJSON(const CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* blockindex, bool txDetails)
 {
+    // Serialize passed information without accessing chain state of the active chain!
+    AssertLockNotHeld(cs_main); // For performance reasons
+
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
     result.pushKV("hash", blockindex->GetBlockHash().GetHex());
     const CBlockIndex* pnext;
@@ -824,9 +830,7 @@ static CBlock GetBlockChecked(const CBlockIndex* pblockindex)
 
 static UniValue getblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 {
-    if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 2)
-        throw std::runtime_error(
-            RPCHelpMan{"getblock",
+    const RPCHelpMan help{"getblock",
                 "\nIf verbosity is 0, returns a string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for block 'hash'.\n"
                 "If verbosity is 1, returns an Object with information about block <hash>.\n"
                 "If verbosity is 2, returns an Object with information about block <hash> and information about each transaction. \n",
@@ -878,9 +882,11 @@ static UniValue getblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     HelpExampleCli("getblock", "\"00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("getblock", "\"00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09\"")
                 },
-            }.ToString());
+    };
 
-    LOCK(cs_main);
+    if (request.fHelp || !help.IsValidNumArgs(request.params.size())) {
+        throw std::runtime_error(help.ToString());
+    }
 
     uint256 hash(ParseHashV(request.params[0], "blockhash"));
 
@@ -892,12 +898,20 @@ static UniValue getblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             verbosity = request.params[1].get_bool() ? 1 : 0;
     }
 
-    const CBlockIndex* pblockindex = LookupBlockIndex(hash);
-    if (!pblockindex) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Block not found");
-    }
+    CBlock block;
+    const CBlockIndex* pblockindex;
+    const CBlockIndex* tip;
+    {
+        LOCK(cs_main);
+        pblockindex = LookupBlockIndex(hash);
+        tip = chainActive.Tip();
 
-    const CBlock block = GetBlockChecked(pblockindex);
+        if (!pblockindex) {
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Block not found");
+        }
+
+        block = GetBlockChecked(pblockindex);
+    }
 
     if (verbosity <= 0)
     {
@@ -907,7 +921,7 @@ static UniValue getblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         return strHex;
     }
 
-    return blockToJSON(block, chainActive.Tip(), pblockindex, verbosity >= 2);
+    return blockToJSON(block, tip, pblockindex, verbosity >= 2);
 }
 
 struct CCoinsStats
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.h b/src/rpc/blockchain.h
index 55d1de453f..ff461fbcbc 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.h
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.h
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_RPC_BLOCKCHAIN_H
 #define BITCOIN_RPC_BLOCKCHAIN_H
 
-#include <vector>
-#include <stdint.h>
 #include <amount.h>
+#include <sync.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+extern RecursiveMutex cs_main;
 
 class CBlock;
 class CBlockIndex;
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ double GetDifficulty(const CBlockIndex* blockindex);
 void RPCNotifyBlockChange(bool ibd, const CBlockIndex *);
 
 /** Block description to JSON */
-UniValue blockToJSON(const CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* blockindex, bool txDetails = false);
+UniValue blockToJSON(const CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* blockindex, bool txDetails = false) LOCKS_EXCLUDED(cs_main);
 
 /** Mempool information to JSON */
 UniValue MempoolInfoToJSON(const CTxMemPool& pool);
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ UniValue MempoolInfoToJSON(const CTxMemPool& pool);
 UniValue MempoolToJSON(const CTxMemPool& pool, bool verbose = false);
 
 /** Block header to JSON */
-UniValue blockheaderToJSON(const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* blockindex);
+UniValue blockheaderToJSON(const CBlockIndex* tip, const CBlockIndex* blockindex) LOCKS_EXCLUDED(cs_main);
 
 /** Used by getblockstats to get feerates at different percentiles by weight  */
 void CalculatePercentilesByWeight(CAmount result[NUM_GETBLOCKSTATS_PERCENTILES], std::vector<std::pair<CAmount, int64_t>>& scores, int64_t total_weight);