diff --git a/internal/statesync/reactor.go b/internal/statesync/reactor.go
index 6a1b484cb..73b9e0af1 100644
--- a/internal/statesync/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/statesync/reactor.go
@@ -247,10 +247,6 @@ func (r *Reactor) OnStop() {
 	// wait for any remaining requests to complete
 	<-r.dispatcher.Done()
 
-	if r.syncer != nil {
-		r.syncer.Close()
-	}
-
 	// Close closeCh to signal to all spawned goroutines to gracefully exit. All
 	// p2p Channels should execute Close().
 	close(r.closeCh)
@@ -296,6 +292,7 @@ func (r *Reactor) Sync(ctx context.Context) (sm.State, error) {
 		r.stateProvider,
 		r.snapshotCh.Out,
 		r.chunkCh.Out,
+		r.snapshotCh.Done(),
 		r.tempDir,
 		r.metrics,
 	)
@@ -872,10 +869,13 @@ func (r *Reactor) processCh(ch *p2p.Channel, chName string) {
 					Err:    err,
 				}
 			}
-
-		case <-r.closeCh:
-			r.Logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("stopped listening on %s channel; closing...", chName))
-			return
+		default:
+			select {
+			case <-r.closeCh:
+				r.Logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("stopped listening on %s channel; closing...", chName))
+				return
+			default:
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/statesync/syncer.go b/internal/statesync/syncer.go
index 3f77b14a4..68bec6880 100644
--- a/internal/statesync/syncer.go
+++ b/internal/statesync/syncer.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ type syncer struct {
 	avgChunkTime             int64
 	lastSyncedSnapshotHeight int64
 	processingSnapshot       *snapshot
-	closeCh                  chan struct{}
+	closeCh                  <-chan struct{}
 }
 
 // newSyncer creates a new syncer.
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func newSyncer(
 	stateProvider StateProvider,
 	snapshotCh chan<- p2p.Envelope,
 	chunkCh chan<- p2p.Envelope,
+	closeCh <-chan struct{},
 	tempDir string,
 	metrics *Metrics,
 ) *syncer {
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func newSyncer(
 		fetchers:      cfg.Fetchers,
 		retryTimeout:  cfg.ChunkRequestTimeout,
 		metrics:       metrics,
-		closeCh:       make(chan struct{}),
+		closeCh:       closeCh,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -150,8 +151,7 @@ func (s *syncer) AddPeer(peerID types.NodeID) {
 
 	select {
 	case <-s.closeCh:
-	default:
-		s.snapshotCh <- msg
+	case s.snapshotCh <- msg:
 	}
 }
 
@@ -368,11 +368,6 @@ func (s *syncer) Sync(ctx context.Context, snapshot *snapshot, chunks *chunkQueu
 	return state, commit, nil
 }
 
-// Close signals to the syncer that it should stop processing any updates.
-func (s *syncer) Close() {
-	close(s.closeCh)
-}
-
 // offerSnapshot offers a snapshot to the app. It returns various errors depending on the app's
 // response, or nil if the snapshot was accepted.
 func (s *syncer) offerSnapshot(ctx context.Context, snapshot *snapshot) error {