diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 3dedff6375..d4de132fd6 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -592,6 +592,17 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) Stop() {
 	atomic.StoreInt32(&bc.procInterrupt, 1)
 
 	bc.wg.Wait()
+
+	// Ensure the state of the latest block is also stored to disk
+	root := bc.CurrentHeader().Root
+
+	batch := bc.chainDb.NewBatch()
+	if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(root, batch); err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to commit latest state trie", "err", err)
+	}
+	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to write latest state trie", "err", err)
+	}
 	log.Info("Blockchain manager stopped")
 }
 
diff --git a/core/dao_test.go b/core/dao_test.go
index 43e2982a52..1b16b2f265 100644
--- a/core/dao_test.go
+++ b/core/dao_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 		if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to import contra-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 		}
+		if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to commit contra-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
+		}
 		blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&proConf, conBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
 		if _, err := conBc.InsertChain(blocks); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("contra-fork chain accepted pro-fork block: %v", blocks[0])
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 		if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to import pro-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 		}
+		if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to commit pro-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
+		}
 		blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&conConf, proBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
 		if _, err := proBc.InsertChain(blocks); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("pro-fork chain accepted contra-fork block: %v", blocks[0])
@@ -124,6 +130,9 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to import contra-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 	}
+	if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to commit contra-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
+	}
 	blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&proConf, conBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
 	if _, err := conBc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("contra-fork chain didn't accept pro-fork block post-fork: %v", err)
@@ -141,6 +150,9 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to import pro-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 	}
+	if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to commit pro-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
+	}
 	blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&conConf, proBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
 	if _, err := proBc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("pro-fork chain didn't accept contra-fork block post-fork: %v", err)
diff --git a/trie/mempool.go b/trie/mempool.go
index 7cfb53d8b2..0059599198 100644
--- a/trie/mempool.go
+++ b/trie/mempool.go
@@ -132,13 +132,15 @@ func (pool *MemPool) dereference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 
 // Commit iterates over all the children of a particular node, writes them out
 // to disk, forcefully tearing down all references in both directions.
-func (pool *MemPool) Commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) {
+func (pool *MemPool) Commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) error {
 	pool.lock.Lock()
 	defer pool.lock.Unlock()
 
 	nodes, storage, start := len(pool.cache), pool.size, time.Now()
-	pool.commit(node, db)
-
+	if err := pool.commit(node, db); err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to commit trie from mempool", "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
 	log.Debug("Committed trie from memory pool", "nodes", nodes-len(pool.cache), "size", storage-pool.size, "time", time.Since(start),
 		"gcnodes", pool.gcnodes, "gcsize", pool.gcsize, "gctime", pool.gctime, "livenodes", len(pool.cache), "livesize", pool.size)
 
@@ -152,23 +154,28 @@ func (pool *MemPool) Commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // commit is the private locked version of Commit.
-func (pool *MemPool) commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) {
+func (pool *MemPool) commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) error {
 	// If the node does not exist, it's a previously comitted node.
 	blob, ok := pool.cache[node]
 	if !ok {
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	for child := range pool.children[node] {
-		pool.commit(child, db)
+		if err := pool.commit(child, db); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if err := db.Put(node[:], blob); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	db.Put(node[:], blob)
-
 	delete(pool.cache, node)
 	delete(pool.parents, node)
 	delete(pool.children, node)
 
 	pool.size -= common.StorageSize(common.HashLength + len(blob))
+	return nil
 }