1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 421768441e..60209eb60a 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ void Shutdown(NodeContext& node)
     GetMainSignals().UnregisterWithMempoolSignals(mempool);
     globalVerifyHandle.reset();
     ECC_Stop();
+    if (node.mempool) node.mempool = nullptr;
     LogPrintf("%s: done\n", __func__);
 }
 
@@ -1635,6 +1636,11 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node)
         return false;
     }
 
+    // Now that the chain state is loaded, make mempool generally available in the node context. For example the
+    // connection manager, wallet, or RPC threads, which are all started after this, may use it from the node context.
+    assert(!node.mempool);
+    node.mempool = &::mempool;
+
     fs::path est_path = GetDataDir() / FEE_ESTIMATES_FILENAME;
     CAutoFile est_filein(fsbridge::fopen(est_path, "rb"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     // Allowed to fail as this file IS missing on first startup.