diff --git a/src/app.h b/src/app.h
index cb15f1a..f8a7942 100644
--- a/src/app.h
+++ b/src/app.h
@@ -562,10 +562,11 @@ public:
     private:
         App& app_;
     };
-    // Main thread, right before rpc_->disconnect(): abort rpc_'s in-flight call if it is a maintenance
-    // call, so the disconnect doesn't freeze the UI for up to its 120 s, and refuse maintenance calls that
-    // start before the next connect (onConnected() lifts that). Ordinary calls are left to finish (at most
-    // 30 s, as before), so a user's own send is never cut off mid-call.
+    // Main thread, right before rpc_->disconnect(): abort rpc_'s in-flight call (any call, not just a
+    // maintenance one: disconnect() needs the curl lock the call holds, which would freeze the UI), and
+    // refuse maintenance calls that start before the next connect (onConnected() lifts that). The abort
+    // flag is cleared by the next tryConnect(). A user send aborted mid-flight is handled as a lost reply
+    // ("outcome unknown — check History"), never a double-send.
     void abortMaintenanceCalls();
     // Whether a whole-wallet scan the user didn't ask for may be sent now: a connected, unlocked, synced
     // full node that is past warmup, not rescanning and not busy.
diff --git a/src/app_network.cpp b/src/app_network.cpp
index 93843af..d3b957b 100644
--- a/src/app_network.cpp
+++ b/src/app_network.cpp
@@ -1148,7 +1148,10 @@ void App::abortMaintenanceCalls()
 {
     // Both stick until the next connect, which is fine here: every caller disconnects next.
     maint_abort_.store(true);   // refuses maintenance calls still queued on the worker
-    if (rpc_ && maint_calls_.load() > 0) rpc_->requestAbort();   // cuts off the one in flight
+    // Unconditional: an ordinary in-flight refresh/scan also holds curl_mutex_ for its whole
+    // curl_easy_perform, and every caller disconnect()s next. The abort is cleared by the next
+    // tryConnect() (rpc_) / onConnected() (fast_rpc_) before they reconnect.
+    if (rpc_) rpc_->requestAbort();   // cuts off whatever call is in flight
 }
 
 bool App::walletScanReady() const