diff --git a/cmd/state/exec22/txtask.go b/cmd/state/exec22/txtask.go
index 7f4a411f9..b0d0e7945 100644
--- a/cmd/state/exec22/txtask.go
+++ b/cmd/state/exec22/txtask.go
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ func (l *KvList) Swap(i, j int) {
 // Tasks added by method `ReTry` have higher priority than tasks added by `Add`.
 // Method `Add` expecting already-ordered (by priority) tasks - doesn't do any additional sorting of new tasks.
 type QueueWithRetry struct {
-	newTasksClosed bool
-	newTasks       chan *TxTask
-	retires        TxTaskQueue
-	retiresLock    sync.Mutex
-	capacity       int
+	closed      bool
+	newTasks    chan *TxTask
+	retires     TxTaskQueue
+	retiresLock sync.Mutex
+	capacity    int
 }
 
 func NewQueueWithRetry(capacity int) *QueueWithRetry {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (q *QueueWithRetry) ReTry(t *TxTask) {
 	q.retiresLock.Lock()
 	heap.Push(&q.retires, t)
 	q.retiresLock.Unlock()
-	if q.newTasksClosed {
+	if q.closed {
 		return
 	}
 	select {
@@ -232,18 +232,13 @@ func (q *QueueWithRetry) popNoWait() (task *TxTask, ok bool) {
 	return task, task != nil
 }
 
-// NewTasksFinish closing `newTasks` channel
-func (q *QueueWithRetry) NewTasksFinish() {
-	if q.newTasksClosed {
-		return
-	}
-	q.newTasksClosed = true
-	log.Warn("[dbg] closing newTasks")
-	close(q.newTasks)
-}
-
 // Close safe to call multiple times
 func (q *QueueWithRetry) Close() {
+	if q.closed {
+		return
+	}
+	q.closed = true
+	close(q.newTasks)
 }
 
 // ResultsQueue thread-safe priority-queue of execution results
diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/exec3.go b/eth/stagedsync/exec3.go
index 0f4618c7f..184300da2 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/exec3.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/exec3.go
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ func ExecV3(ctx context.Context,
 	if parallel {
 		// `rwLoop` lives longer than `applyLoop`
 		rwLoop := func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			defer stopWorkers()
-
 			tx, err := chainDb.BeginRw(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -429,7 +427,6 @@ func ExecV3(ctx context.Context,
 			if err = tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			rws.Close()
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -683,7 +680,6 @@ Loop:
 	}
 
 	if parallel {
-		in.NewTasksFinish()
 		if err := rwLoopG.Wait(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}