diff --git a/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py b/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py
index 61c050e74fe..d4a0d87e767 100755
--- a/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py
+++ b/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
 from io import BytesIO
+import re
 from test_framework.blocktools import NULL_OUTPOINT
 from test_framework.messages import (
     MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT,
@@ -257,12 +258,21 @@ class IPCMiningTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                 empty_block = await mining_get_block(empty_template, ctx)
                 assert_equal(len(empty_block.vtx), 1)
 
-                self.log.debug("Enforce minimum reserved weight for IPC clients too")
-                opts.blockReservedWeight = 0
-                try:
-                    await mining.createNewBlock(opts)
-                    raise AssertionError("createNewBlock unexpectedly succeeded")
-                except capnp.lib.capnp.KjException as e:
+            self.log.debug("Enforce minimum reserved weight for IPC clients too")
+            opts.blockReservedWeight = 0
+            try:
+                await mining.createNewBlock(opts)
+                raise AssertionError("createNewBlock unexpectedly succeeded")
+            except capnp.lib.capnp.KjException as e:
+                if e.type == "DISCONNECTED":
+                    # The remote exception isn't caught currently and leads to a
+                    # std::terminate call. Just detect and restart in this case.
+                    # This bug is fixed with
+                    # https://github.com/bitcoin-core/libmultiprocess/pull/218
+                    assert_equal(e.description, "Peer disconnected.")
+                    self.nodes[0].wait_until_stopped(expected_ret_code=(-11, -6, 1, 66), expected_stderr=re.compile(""))
+                    self.start_node(0)
+                else:
                     assert_equal(e.description, "remote exception: std::exception: block_reserved_weight (0) must be at least 2000 weight units")
                     assert_equal(e.type, "FAILED")