diff --git a/src/lib/child_processes/child_processes.ml b/src/lib/child_processes/child_processes.ml
index 6e1deaccd18..63839e20b0a 100644
--- a/src/lib/child_processes/child_processes.ml
+++ b/src/lib/child_processes/child_processes.ml
@@ -270,11 +270,7 @@ let start_custom :
       Deferred.Or_error.try_with ~here:[%here] (fun () -> Process.wait process)
     in
     [%log trace] "child process %s died" name ;
-    don't_wait_for
-      (let%bind () = after (Time.Span.of_sec 1.) in
-       let%bind () = Writer.close @@ Process.stdin process in
-       let%bind () = Reader.close @@ Process.stdout process in
-       Reader.close @@ Process.stderr process ) ;
+    don't_wait_for (Writer.close @@ Process.stdin process) ;
     let%bind () = Sys.remove lock_path in
     Ivar.fill terminated_ivar termination_status ;
     let log_bad_termination () =
diff --git a/src/lib/mina_net2/libp2p_helper.ml b/src/lib/mina_net2/libp2p_helper.ml
index ee91c2a3ff1..2ef08749016 100644
--- a/src/lib/mina_net2/libp2p_helper.ml
+++ b/src/lib/mina_net2/libp2p_helper.ml
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ type t =
   { process : Child_processes.t
   ; logger : Logger.t
   ; mutable finished : bool
+  ; stderr_finished : unit Ivar.t
   ; outstanding_requests :
       Libp2p_ipc.rpc_response_body Or_error.t Ivar.t
       Libp2p_ipc.Sequence_number.Table.t
@@ -141,13 +142,15 @@ let handle_libp2p_helper_termination t ~pids ~killed result =
           ~metadata:
             [ ("exit_status", `String (Unix.Exit_or_signal.to_string_hum e)) ] ;
         t.finished <- true ;
+        let%map () = Ivar.read t.stderr_finished in
         raise Libp2p_helper_died_unexpectedly
     | Error err ->
         [%log' fatal t.logger]
           !"Child processes library could not track libp2p_helper process: $err"
           ~metadata:[ ("err", Error_json.error_to_yojson err) ] ;
         t.finished <- true ;
-        let%map () = Deferred.ignore_m (Child_processes.kill t.process) in
+        let%bind () = Deferred.ignore_m (Child_processes.kill t.process) in
+        let%map () = Ivar.read t.stderr_finished in
         raise Libp2p_helper_died_unexpectedly
     | Ok (Ok ()) ->
         [%log' error t.logger]
@@ -249,33 +252,39 @@ let spawn ?(allow_multiple_instances = false) ~logger ~pids ~conf_dir
         { process
         ; logger
         ; finished = false
+        ; stderr_finished = Ivar.create ()
         ; outstanding_requests = Libp2p_ipc.Sequence_number.Table.create ()
         }
       in
       termination_handler := handle_libp2p_helper_termination t ~pids ;
       O1trace.background_thread "handle_libp2p_helper_subprocess_logs"
         (fun () ->
-          Child_processes.stderr process
-          |> Strict_pipe.Reader.iter ~f:(fun line ->
-                 Mina_metrics.(
-                   Counter.inc_one Mina_metrics.Network.ipc_logs_received_total) ;
-                 let record_result =
-                   try
-                     Some
-                       (Go_log.record_of_yojson @@ Yojson.Safe.from_string line)
-                   with Yojson.Json_error _error -> None
-                 in
-                 ( match record_result with
-                 | Some (Ok record) ->
-                     record |> Go_log.record_to_message |> Logger.raw logger
-                 | Some (Error error) ->
-                     [%log error]
-                       "failed to parse record over libp2p_helper stderr: \
-                        $error"
-                       ~metadata:[ ("error", `String error) ]
-                 | None ->
-                     Core.print_endline line ) ;
-                 Deferred.unit ) ) ;
+          let%map () =
+            Child_processes.stderr process
+            |> Strict_pipe.Reader.iter ~f:(fun line ->
+                   Mina_metrics.(
+                     Counter.inc_one
+                       Mina_metrics.Network.ipc_logs_received_total) ;
+                   let record_result =
+                     try
+                       Some
+                         ( Go_log.record_of_yojson
+                         @@ Yojson.Safe.from_string line )
+                     with Yojson.Json_error _error -> None
+                   in
+                   ( match record_result with
+                   | Some (Ok record) ->
+                       record |> Go_log.record_to_message |> Logger.raw logger
+                   | Some (Error error) ->
+                       [%log error]
+                         "failed to parse record over libp2p_helper stderr: \
+                          $error"
+                         ~metadata:[ ("error", `String error) ]
+                   | None ->
+                       Core.print_endline line ) ;
+                   Deferred.unit )
+          in
+          Ivar.fill t.stderr_finished () ) ;
       O1trace.background_thread "handle_libp2p_ipc_incoming" (fun () ->
           Child_processes.stdout process
           |> Libp2p_ipc.read_incoming_messages
@@ -284,7 +293,9 @@ let spawn ?(allow_multiple_instances = false) ~logger ~pids ~conf_dir
                    let msg =
                      Libp2p_ipc.Reader.DaemonInterface.Message.get msg
                    in
-                   handle_incoming_message t msg ~handle_push_message
+                   if not t.finished then
+                     handle_incoming_message t msg ~handle_push_message
+                   else Deferred.unit
                | Error error ->
                    [%log error]
                      "failed to parse IPC message over libp2p_helper stdout: \