diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 9c83e6495..216e44da0 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Stop() error {
 	if s.interopRPC != nil {
 		s.interopRPC.Close()
 	}
+	if s.miner != nil {
+		s.miner.Close()
+	}
 
 	// Clean shutdown marker as the last thing before closing db
 	s.shutdownTracker.Stop()
diff --git a/miner/miner.go b/miner/miner.go
index 164cbab83..7e99ec5e3 100644
--- a/miner/miner.go
+++ b/miner/miner.go
@@ -91,10 +91,14 @@ type Miner struct {
 	pendingMu   sync.Mutex // Lock protects the pending block
 
 	backend Backend
+
+	lifeCtxCancel context.CancelFunc
+	lifeCtx       context.Context
 }
 
 // New creates a new miner with provided config.
 func New(eth Backend, config Config, engine consensus.Engine) *Miner {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	return &Miner{
 		backend:     eth,
 		config:      &config,
@@ -103,6 +107,9 @@ func New(eth Backend, config Config, engine consensus.Engine) *Miner {
 		txpool:      eth.TxPool(),
 		chain:       eth.BlockChain(),
 		pending:     &pending{},
+		// To interrupt background tasks that may be attached to external processes
+		lifeCtxCancel: cancel,
+		lifeCtx:       ctx,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -195,3 +202,7 @@ func (miner *Miner) getPending() *newPayloadResult {
 	miner.pending.update(header.Hash(), ret)
 	return ret
 }
+
+func (miner *Miner) Close() {
+	miner.lifeCtxCancel()
+}
diff --git a/miner/payload_building.go b/miner/payload_building.go
index d9653659e..2dd574c15 100644
--- a/miner/payload_building.go
+++ b/miner/payload_building.go
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ type Payload struct {
 }
 
 // newPayload initializes the payload object.
-func newPayload(empty *types.Block, witness *stateless.Witness, id engine.PayloadID) *Payload {
-	rpcCtx, rpcCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+func newPayload(lifeCtx context.Context, empty *types.Block, witness *stateless.Witness, id engine.PayloadID) *Payload {
+	rpcCtx, rpcCancel := context.WithCancel(lifeCtx)
 	payload := &Payload{
 		id:           id,
 		empty:        empty,
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func (miner *Miner) buildPayload(args *BuildPayloadArgs, witness bool) (*Payload
 		if empty.err != nil {
 			return nil, empty.err
 		}
-		payload := newPayload(empty.block, empty.witness, args.Id())
+		payload := newPayload(miner.lifeCtx, empty.block, empty.witness, args.Id())
 		// make sure to make it appear as full, otherwise it will wait indefinitely for payload building to complete.
 		payload.full = empty.block
 		payload.fullFees = empty.fees
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func (miner *Miner) buildPayload(args *BuildPayloadArgs, witness bool) (*Payload
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	payload := newPayload(nil, nil, args.Id())
+	payload := newPayload(miner.lifeCtx, nil, nil, args.Id())
 	// set shared interrupt
 	fullParams.interrupt = payload.interrupt
 	fullParams.rpcCtx = payload.rpcCtx
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ func (miner *Miner) buildPayload(args *BuildPayloadArgs, witness bool) (*Payload
 		var lastDuration time.Duration
 		for {
 			select {
+			case <-miner.lifeCtx.Done():
+				stopReason = "miner-shutdown"
 			case <-timer.C:
 				// We have to prioritize the stop signal because the recommit timer
 				// might have fired while stop also got closed.
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 84b9c2dc2..7982f36cc 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ func (miner *Miner) checkInterop(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transaction, fai
 	if failed {
 		return nil // failed txs don't persist any logs
 	}
+	if tx.Rejected() {
+		return errors.New("transaction was previously rejected")
+	}
 	b, ok := miner.backend.(BackendWithInterop)
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot mine interop txs without interop backend, got backend type %T", miner.backend)