diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 3ec84089ab01..a9161183c8ed 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -2106,6 +2106,8 @@ bool AppInitMain()
                         strLoadError = _("Corrupted block database detected");
                         break;
                     }
+
+                    ResetBlockFailureFlags(nullptr);
                 }
             } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                 LogPrintf("%s\n", e.what());
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 7485d73f9a76..65eaa5c96d50 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -3377,6 +3377,16 @@ bool MarkConflictingBlock(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainpara
 bool CChainState::ResetBlockFailureFlags(CBlockIndex *pindex) {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
 
+    if (!pindex) {
+        if (pindexBestInvalid && pindexBestInvalid->GetAncestor(chainActive.Height()) == chainActive.Tip()) {
+            LogPrintf("%s: the best known invalid block (%s) is ahead of our tip, reconsidering\n",
+                    __func__, pindexBestInvalid->GetBlockHash().ToString());
+            pindex = pindexBestInvalid;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     int nHeight = pindex->nHeight;
 
     // Remove the invalidity flag from this block and all its descendants.
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_llmq_chainlocks.py b/test/functional/feature_llmq_chainlocks.py
index d1b197720046..27c3488c1f85 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_llmq_chainlocks.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_llmq_chainlocks.py
@@ -91,21 +91,52 @@ def run_test(self):
         self.stop_node(0)
         self.start_node(0)
         connect_nodes(self.nodes[0], 1)
-        self.nodes[0].invalidateblock(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash())
+        assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() == good_tip)
+        self.nodes[0].invalidateblock(good_tip)
         self.log.info("Now try to reorg the chain")
         self.nodes[0].generate(2)
         time.sleep(6)
         assert(self.nodes[1].getbestblockhash() == good_tip)
-        self.nodes[0].generate(2)
+        bad_tip = self.nodes[0].generate(2)[-1]
         time.sleep(6)
+        assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() == bad_tip)
         assert(self.nodes[1].getbestblockhash() == good_tip)
 
         self.log.info("Now let the node which is on the wrong chain reorg back to the locked chain")
         self.nodes[0].reconsiderblock(good_tip)
         assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() != good_tip)
-        self.nodes[1].generatetoaddress(1, node0_mining_addr)
-        self.wait_for_chainlocked_block(self.nodes[0], self.nodes[1].getbestblockhash())
-        assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() == self.nodes[1].getbestblockhash())
+        good_tip = self.nodes[1].generatetoaddress(1, node0_mining_addr)[-1]
+        self.wait_for_chainlocked_block(self.nodes[0], good_tip)
+        assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() == good_tip)
+
+        self.log.info("Should not switch to the most work chain on restart despite having no idea about chainlocks messages anymore")
+        assert(int(self.nodes[0].getblock(bad_tip)["chainwork"], 16) > int(self.nodes[1].getblock(good_tip)["chainwork"], 16))
+        self.stop_node(0)
+        self.start_node(0)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() == good_tip)
+        bad_tip = self.nodes[0].generate(3)[-1]
+        good_fork = self.nodes[1].generatetoaddress(1, node0_mining_addr)[-1]
+        self.wait_for_chainlocked_block(self.nodes[1], good_fork)
+        connect_nodes(self.nodes[0], 1)
+        good_tip = self.nodes[1].generatetoaddress(1, node0_mining_addr)[-1]  # this should mark bad_tip as invalid
+        self.wait_for_chainlocked_block(self.nodes[0], good_tip)
+        assert(int(self.nodes[0].getblock(bad_tip)["chainwork"], 16) > int(self.nodes[1].getblock(good_tip)["chainwork"], 16))
+
+        # NOTE: this is an undesired behaviour
+        self.log.info("Should switch to the most work chain on second restart now because bad tip was marked invalid and not conflicting")
+        self.stop_node(0)
+        self.start_node(0)
+        self.nodes[0].invalidateblock(good_fork)
+        self.stop_node(0)
+        self.start_node(0)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() == bad_tip)
+        self.log.info("Bring it back to the right chain")
+        self.nodes[0].reconsiderblock(good_tip)
+        connect_nodes(self.nodes[0], 1)
+        good_tip = self.nodes[1].generatetoaddress(1, node0_mining_addr)[-1]
+        self.wait_for_chainlocked_block(self.nodes[0], good_tip)
 
         self.log.info("Isolate a node and let it create some transactions which won't get IS locked")
         isolate_node(self.nodes[0])
@@ -114,12 +145,14 @@ def run_test(self):
             txs.append(self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress(), 1))
         txs += self.create_chained_txs(self.nodes[0], 1)
         self.log.info("Assert that after block generation these TXs are NOT included (as they are \"unsafe\")")
-        self.nodes[0].generate(1)
+        node0_tip = self.nodes[0].generate(1)[-1]
         for txid in txs:
             tx = self.nodes[0].getrawtransaction(txid, 1)
             assert("confirmations" not in tx)
         time.sleep(1)
-        assert(not self.nodes[0].getblock(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash())["chainlock"])
+        node0_tip_block = self.nodes[0].getblock(node0_tip)
+        assert(not node0_tip_block["chainlock"])
+        assert(node0_tip_block["previousblockhash"] == good_tip)
         self.log.info("Disable LLMQ based InstantSend for a very short time (this never gets propagated to other nodes)")
         self.nodes[0].spork("SPORK_2_INSTANTSEND_ENABLED", 4070908800)
         self.log.info("Now the TXs should be included")