diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp b/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp
index d3484994..b0ee33dc 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ void nano::bootstrap_ascending::service::start ()
 
 void nano::bootstrap_ascending::service::stop ()
 {
-	nano::unique_lock<nano::mutex> lock{ mutex };
-	stopped = true;
-	lock.unlock ();
+	{
+		nano::lock_guard<nano::mutex> lock{ mutex };
+		stopped = true;
+	}
 	condition.notify_all ();
 	nano::join_or_pass (thread);
 	nano::join_or_pass (timeout_thread);
diff --git a/nano/node/node.cpp b/nano/node/node.cpp
index 9fe06bfd..58ec072d 100644
--- a/nano/node/node.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/node.cpp
@@ -745,10 +745,7 @@ void nano::node::stop ()
 	// No tasks may wait for work generation in I/O threads, or termination signal capturing will be unable to call node::stop()
 	distributed_work.stop ();
 	backlog.stop ();
-	if (!flags.disable_ascending_bootstrap)
-	{
-		ascendboot.stop ();
-	}
+	ascendboot.stop ();
 	rep_crawler.stop ();
 	unchecked.stop ();
 	block_processor.stop ();