diff --git a/config/toml.go b/config/toml.go
index 986ff1c2a..e4c86c9f4 100644
--- a/config/toml.go
+++ b/config/toml.go
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ laddr = "{{ .PrivValidator.ListenAddr }}"
 client-certificate-file = "{{ js .PrivValidator.ClientCertificate }}"
 
 # Client key generated while creating certificates for secure connection
-validator-client-key-file = "{{ js .PrivValidator.ClientKey }}"
+client-key-file = "{{ js .PrivValidator.ClientKey }}"
 
 # Path to the Root Certificate Authority used to sign both client and server certificates
-certificate-authority = "{{ js .PrivValidator.RootCA }}"
+root-ca-file = "{{ js .PrivValidator.RootCA }}"
 
 
 #######################################################################
@@ -447,8 +447,8 @@ rpc-servers = "{{ StringsJoin .StateSync.RPCServers "," }}"
 trust-height = {{ .StateSync.TrustHeight }}
 trust-hash = "{{ .StateSync.TrustHash }}"
 
-# The trust period should be set so that Tendermint can detect and gossip misbehavior before 
-# it is considered expired. For chains based on the Cosmos SDK, one day less than the unbonding 
+# The trust period should be set so that Tendermint can detect and gossip misbehavior before
+# it is considered expired. For chains based on the Cosmos SDK, one day less than the unbonding
 # period should suffice.
 trust-period = "{{ .StateSync.TrustPeriod }}"
 
diff --git a/internal/blocksync/v0/reactor.go b/internal/blocksync/v0/reactor.go
index 286df0ef0..552dcbda5 100644
--- a/internal/blocksync/v0/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v0/reactor.go
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ func (r *Reactor) OnStart() error {
 		if err := r.pool.Start(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		r.poolWG.Add(1)
+		go r.requestRoutine()
 
 		r.poolWG.Add(1)
 		go r.poolRoutine(false)
@@ -384,6 +386,9 @@ func (r *Reactor) SwitchToBlockSync(state sm.State) error {
 
 	r.syncStartTime = time.Now()
 
+	r.poolWG.Add(1)
+	go r.requestRoutine()
+
 	r.poolWG.Add(1)
 	go r.poolRoutine(true)
 
@@ -394,7 +399,6 @@ func (r *Reactor) requestRoutine() {
 	statusUpdateTicker := time.NewTicker(statusUpdateIntervalSeconds * time.Second)
 	defer statusUpdateTicker.Stop()
 
-	r.poolWG.Add(1)
 	defer r.poolWG.Done()
 
 	for {
@@ -455,8 +459,6 @@ func (r *Reactor) poolRoutine(stateSynced bool) {
 	defer trySyncTicker.Stop()
 	defer switchToConsensusTicker.Stop()
 
-	go r.requestRoutine()
-
 	defer r.poolWG.Done()
 
 FOR_LOOP:
@@ -605,6 +607,8 @@ FOR_LOOP:
 
 		case <-r.closeCh:
 			break FOR_LOOP
+		case <-r.pool.Quit():
+			break FOR_LOOP
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go b/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go
index dc5bacc39..339ad7469 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go
@@ -751,13 +751,18 @@ func (chDesc ChannelDescriptor) FillDefaults() (filled ChannelDescriptor) {
 // TODO: lowercase.
 // NOTE: not goroutine-safe.
 type Channel struct {
+	// Exponential moving average.
+	// This field must be accessed atomically.
+	// It is first in the struct to ensure correct alignment.
+	// See https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/7000.
+	recentlySent int64
+
 	conn          *MConnection
 	desc          ChannelDescriptor
 	sendQueue     chan []byte
 	sendQueueSize int32 // atomic.
 	recving       []byte
 	sending       []byte
-	recentlySent  int64 // exponential moving average
 
 	maxPacketMsgPayloadSize int