diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 21445929d..5c2973691 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -209,11 +209,7 @@ void Shutdown()
     // using the other before destroying them.
     if (peerLogic) UnregisterValidationInterface(peerLogic.get());
     if (g_connman) g_connman->Stop();
-    peerLogic.reset();
-    g_connman.reset();
-    if (g_txindex) {
-        g_txindex.reset();
-    }
+    if (g_txindex) g_txindex->Stop();
 
     StopTorControl();
 
@@ -222,6 +218,12 @@ void Shutdown()
     threadGroup.interrupt_all();
     threadGroup.join_all();
 
+    // After the threads that potentially access these pointers have been stopped,
+    // destruct and reset all to nullptr.
+    peerLogic.reset();
+    g_connman.reset();
+    g_txindex.reset();
+
     if (g_is_mempool_loaded && gArgs.GetArg("-persistmempool", DEFAULT_PERSIST_MEMPOOL)) {
         DumpMempool();
     }