diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockProcessor.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockProcessor.cs
index d3ea3d0fea5..434e213ddd1 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockProcessor.cs
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ the previous head state.*/
                     ? null
                     : _preWarmer?.PreWarmCaches(suggestedBlock, preBlockStateRoot!, cancellationTokenSource.Token);
                 (Block processedBlock, TxReceipt[] receipts) = ProcessOne(suggestedBlock, options, blockTracer);
+                // Block is processed, we can cancel the prewarm task
                 cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
-                preWarmTask?.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                 processedBlocks[i] = processedBlock;
 
                 // be cautious here as AuRa depends on processing
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ the previous head state.*/
                 }
 
                 preBlockStateRoot = processedBlock.StateRoot;
+                // Make sure the prewarm task is finished before we reset the state
+                preWarmTask?.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                 _stateProvider.Reset(resizeCollections: true);
             }