diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 0ca7f6703275..b4e841bb4603 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1943,6 +1943,7 @@ bool AppInitMain()
     LogPrintf("* Using %.1fMiB for in-memory UTXO set (plus up to %.1fMiB of unused mempool space)\n", nCoinCacheUsage * (1.0 / 1024 / 1024), nMempoolSizeMax * (1.0 / 1024 / 1024));
 
     bool fLoaded = false;
+    bool fReconsiderInvalidTip{false};
     int64_t nStart = GetTimeMillis();
 
     while (!fLoaded && !fRequestShutdown) {
@@ -2117,7 +2118,7 @@ bool AppInitMain()
                         break;
                     }
 
-                    ResetBlockFailureFlags(nullptr);
+                    fReconsiderInvalidTip = ResetBlockFailureFlags(nullptr);
                 }
             } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                 LogPrintf("%s\n", e.what());
@@ -2158,6 +2159,23 @@ bool AppInitMain()
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (fReconsiderInvalidTip) {
+        // Do this outside of ThreadImport to avoid exposing rpc while we are still reconsidering the chain
+        uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Trying to activate a better chain which was marked invalid previousely..."));
+        CValidationState state;
+        if (!ActivateBestChain(state, chainparams)) {
+            LogPrintf("Failed to connect best block (%s), exiting\n", FormatStateMessage(state));
+            StartShutdown();
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // ActivateBestChain can be a heavy one, see if the user requested to kill the GUI
+        if (fRequestShutdown) {
+            LogPrintf("Shutdown requested. Exiting.\n");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     fs::path est_path = GetDataDir() / FEE_ESTIMATES_FILENAME;
     CAutoFile est_filein(fsbridge::fopen(est_path, "rb"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     // Allowed to fail as this file IS missing on first startup.
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index a1c0ec853585..abc0d817ccb7 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -3379,11 +3379,13 @@ bool CChainState::ResetBlockFailureFlags(CBlockIndex *pindex) {
 
     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());
+            LogPrintf("%s: the best known invalid block (hash=%s, height=%d) is ahead of our tip (hash=%s, height=%d), reconsidering\n", __func__,
+                    pindexBestInvalid->GetBlockHash().ToString(), pindexBestInvalid->nHeight,
+                    chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash().ToString(), chainActive.Height());
             pindex = pindexBestInvalid;
         } else {
-            return true;
+            // nothing to do
+            return false;
         }
     }