diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 40828f15f5..366782800d 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -2368,10 +2368,15 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) maintainTxIndex(ancients uint64) {
 		}
 
 		pruneTo := last - ancientLimit
+		storedSections := rawdb.ReadStoredBloomSections(bc.db)
+		if storedSections*params.BloomBitsBlocks-1 < pruneTo {
+			log.Warn("Attempt to prune the ancient blocks that bloom filter haven't finished yet, postpone to next round", "storedSections", storedSections, "pruneTo", pruneTo)
+			return
+		}
 
 		// Double ensure we don't prune the blocks having dangling transaction indices
 		if txIndexTail != nil && pruneTo > *txIndexTail {
-			log.Warn("Attempt to prune the ancient blocks that still have tx indices, postpone to next round")
+			log.Warn("Attempt to prune the ancient blocks that still have tx indices, postpone to next round", "txIndexTail", *txIndexTail, "pruneTo", pruneTo)
 			return
 		}
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
index 25a44354bf..369996834b 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package rawdb
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -141,6 +142,19 @@ func ReadReceipt(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, config *params.ChainConfig)
 	return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
 }
 
+// ReadStoredBloomSections reads the number of valid sections from the index database
+func ReadStoredBloomSections(db ethdb.Database) uint64 {
+	var storedSections uint64
+
+	table := NewTable(db, string(BloomBitsIndexPrefix))
+	data, _ := table.Get([]byte("count"))
+	if len(data) == 8 {
+		storedSections = binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data)
+	}
+
+	return storedSections
+}
+
 // ReadBloomBits retrieves the compressed bloom bit vector belonging to the given
 // section and bit index from the.
 func ReadBloomBits(db ethdb.KeyValueReader, bit uint, section uint64, head common.Hash) ([]byte, error) {