diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index b68319e23..4a6c4066f 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1793,8 +1793,15 @@ bool CChainState::ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBl
     // is enforced in ContextualCheckBlockHeader(); we wouldn't want to
     // re-enforce that rule here (at least until we make it impossible for
     // GetAdjustedTime() to go backward).
-    if (!CheckBlock(block, state, chainparams.GetConsensus(), !fJustCheck, !fJustCheck))
+    if (!CheckBlock(block, state, chainparams.GetConsensus(), !fJustCheck, !fJustCheck)) {
+        if (state.CorruptionPossible()) {
+            // We don't write down blocks to disk if they may have been
+            // corrupted, so this should be impossible unless we're having hardware
+            // problems.
+            return AbortNode(state, "Corrupt block found indicating potential hardware failure; shutting down");
+        }
         return error("%s: Consensus::CheckBlock: %s", __func__, FormatStateMessage(state));
+    }
 
     // verify that the view's current state corresponds to the previous block
     uint256 hashPrevBlock = pindex->pprev == nullptr ? uint256() : pindex->pprev->GetBlockHash();