diff --git a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
index dfe456ef4..28ceee0cd 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   miner::~miner()
   {
-    stop();
+    try { stop(); }
+    catch (...) { /* ignore */ }
   }
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   bool miner::set_block_template(const block& bl, const difficulty_type& di, uint64_t height)