diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 42331d37e88..c29da115e1b 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ void Shutdown(NodeContext& node)
     node.chain_clients.clear();
     UnregisterAllValidationInterfaces();
     GetMainSignals().UnregisterBackgroundSignalScheduler();
-    node.kernel.reset();
     node.mempool.reset();
     node.fee_estimator.reset();
     node.chainman.reset();
     node.scheduler.reset();
+    node.kernel.reset();
 
     try {
         if (!fs::remove(GetPidFile(*node.args))) {
diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
index 6ae94a81018..50cad32f10e 100644
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ BasicTestingSetup::BasicTestingSetup(const ChainType chainType, const std::vecto
 
 BasicTestingSetup::~BasicTestingSetup()
 {
+    m_node.kernel.reset();
     SetMockTime(0s); // Reset mocktime for following tests
     LogInstance().DisconnectTestLogger();
     fs::remove_all(m_path_root);
@@ -205,8 +206,9 @@ ChainTestingSetup::~ChainTestingSetup()
     m_node.netgroupman.reset();
     m_node.args = nullptr;
     m_node.mempool.reset();
-    m_node.scheduler.reset();
+    m_node.fee_estimator.reset();
     m_node.chainman.reset();
+    m_node.scheduler.reset();
 }
 
 void ChainTestingSetup::LoadVerifyActivateChainstate()