diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
index 7ec5fc7a1fd..7a6d39a4350 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -3254,7 +3254,7 @@ namespace tools
     if (!m_wallet) return not_open(er);
     cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_STOP_MINING::request daemon_req;
     cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_STOP_MINING::response daemon_res;
-    bool r = m_wallet->invoke_http_json("/stop_mining", daemon_req, daemon_res);
+    bool r = m_wallet->invoke_http_json("/stop_mining", daemon_req, daemon_res, std::chrono::seconds(60)); // this waits till stopped, and if randomx has just started initializing its dataset, it might be a while
     if (!r || daemon_res.status != CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK)
     {
       er.code = WALLET_RPC_ERROR_CODE_UNKNOWN_ERROR;