diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index 18e44eb419..08ccaf58ad 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ DIGIBYTE_TESTS =\
   test/digidollar_oracle_feeds_wave11_tests.cpp \
   test/digidollar_hot_path_logging_tests.cpp \
   test/musig2_net_processing_tests.cpp \
+  test/oracle_shutdown_tests.cpp \
   test/rh50_oracle_keyset_alignment_tests.cpp \
   test/rh51_checkphase3_v1_split_tests.cpp \
   test/rh52_bip34_scriptnum_escape_tests.cpp \
diff --git a/src/oracle/signing_orchestrator.cpp b/src/oracle/signing_orchestrator.cpp
index cfeeb64c76..d7f3665726 100644
--- a/src/oracle/signing_orchestrator.cpp
+++ b/src/oracle/signing_orchestrator.cpp
@@ -843,6 +843,13 @@ void OracleSigningOrchestrator::Shutdown()
 {
     if (g_signing_orchestrator) {
         g_signing_orchestrator->Stop();
+        // Stop() only unregisters, which is non-blocking and can return while a
+        // notification is still in flight on the scheduler thread. Drain the
+        // queue before destroying the object that callback is about to touch,
+        // otherwise it locks m_sessions_mutex on freed memory: the scheduler
+        // thread then blocks forever (and Shutdown() blocks behind it in
+        // CScheduler::stop) or aborts, depending on the C++ runtime.
+        SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
         g_signing_orchestrator.reset();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/oracle_shutdown_tests.cpp b/src/test/oracle_shutdown_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca02634c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/oracle_shutdown_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 The DigiByte Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+//
+// Shutdown-ordering test for the MuSig2 signing orchestrator.
+//
+// OracleSigningOrchestrator is a validation interface subscriber, and its
+// Shutdown() destroys the object. UnregisterValidationInterface() is
+// non-blocking and can return while a notification is still in flight, so
+// destroying without draining the queue lets a queued BlockConnected callback
+// run on freed memory (OnBlockConnected -> CleanupOldSessions locks
+// m_sessions_mutex), which deadlocks the scheduler thread on glibc and aborts
+// on libc++.
+//
+// The use-after-free itself is a microsecond-wide race and cannot be asserted
+// on directly, so this pins the contract that prevents it: Shutdown() must not
+// return while a queued notification is still pending.
+
+#include <oracle/signing_orchestrator.h>
+#include <util/time.h>
+#include <validationinterface.h>
+
+#include <test/util/setup_common.h>
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(oracle_shutdown_tests, TestingSetup)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(shutdown_waits_for_in_flight_validation_callbacks)
+{
+    if (!g_signing_orchestrator) {
+        OracleSigningOrchestrator::Initialize();
+    }
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(g_signing_orchestrator);
+
+    // Occupy the validation interface queue with work that outlives a
+    // non-draining Shutdown(). A queued orchestrator notification behaves the
+    // same way; this stands in for one without depending on chain activity.
+    std::atomic<bool> callback_finished{false};
+    CallFunctionInValidationInterfaceQueue([&callback_finished] {
+        UninterruptibleSleep(std::chrono::milliseconds{250});
+        callback_finished = true;
+    });
+
+    OracleSigningOrchestrator::Shutdown();
+
+    // Without the drain, Shutdown() returns while the callback is still
+    // pending -- and the next queued notification would touch an orchestrator
+    // that no longer exists.
+    BOOST_CHECK(callback_finished.load());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()