From 6571d2bc2fc518ae2c42a6b43d14bbd49ec578f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert MacWha <github@macwha.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:13:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #787

---
 ethereum/src/consensus.rs | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ethereum/src/consensus.rs b/ethereum/src/consensus.rs
index a95046cd..ad421b0c 100644
--- a/ethereum/src/consensus.rs
+++ b/ethereum/src/consensus.rs
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ impl<S: ConsensusSpec, R: ConsensusRpc<S>, DB: Database> ConsensusClient<S, R, D
 
             loop {
                 tokio::select! {
-                    _ = shutdown_rx.changed() => {
-                        if *shutdown_rx.borrow() {
+                    result = shutdown_rx.changed() => {
+                        if result.is_err() || *shutdown_rx.borrow_and_update() {
                             info!(target: "helios::consensus", "shutting down consensus client");
                             break;
                         }
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ fn save_new_checkpoints<DB: Database>(
         let mut last_saved_checkpoint = initial_checkpoint;
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
-                _ = shutdown_recv.changed() => {
-                    if *shutdown_recv.borrow() {
+                result = shutdown_recv.changed() => {
+                    if result.is_err() || *shutdown_recv.borrow_and_update() {
                         break;
                     }
                 }