diff --git a/itest/lnd_rpc_middleware_interceptor_test.go b/itest/lnd_rpc_middleware_interceptor_test.go
index 7c99f6f20..92042c980 100644
--- a/itest/lnd_rpc_middleware_interceptor_test.go
+++ b/itest/lnd_rpc_middleware_interceptor_test.go
@@ -153,9 +153,13 @@ func testRPCMiddlewareInterceptor(ht *lntest.HarnessTest) {
 	// And finally make sure mandatory middleware is always checked for any
 	// RPC request.
 	ht.Run("mandatory middleware", func(tt *testing.T) {
-		st := ht.Subtest(tt)
-		middlewareMandatoryTest(st, alice)
+		middlewareMandatoryTest(ht, alice)
 	})
+
+	// We now shut down the node manually to prevent the test from failing
+	// because we can't call the stop RPC if we unregister the middleware
+	// in the defer statement above.
+	ht.KillNode(alice)
 }
 
 // middlewareRegistrationRestrictionTests tests all restrictions that apply to
@@ -593,11 +597,6 @@ func middlewareMandatoryTest(ht *lntest.HarnessTest, node *node.HarnessNode) {
 	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 	node.RPC.ListChannels(&lnrpc.ListChannelsRequest{})
 	node.RPC.SubscribeInvoices(&lnrpc.InvoiceSubscription{})
-
-	// We now shut down the node manually to prevent the test from failing
-	// because we can't call the stop RPC if we unregister the middleware
-	// in the defer statement above.
-	ht.KillNode(node)
 }
 
 // assertInterceptedType makes sure that the intercept message sent by the RPC
diff --git a/lntest/harness.go b/lntest/harness.go
index 3af2ecd73..ea7c922ee 100644
--- a/lntest/harness.go
+++ b/lntest/harness.go
@@ -841,9 +841,10 @@ func (h *HarnessTest) NewNodeRemoteSigner(name string, extraArgs []string,
 	return hn
 }
 
-// KillNode kills the node (but won't wait for the node process to stop).
+// KillNode kills the node and waits for the node process to stop.
 func (h *HarnessTest) KillNode(hn *node.HarnessNode) {
-	require.NoErrorf(h, hn.Kill(), "%s: kill got error", hn.Name())
+	h.Logf("Manually killing the node %s", hn.Name())
+	require.NoErrorf(h, hn.KillAndWait(), "%s: kill got error", hn.Name())
 	delete(h.manager.activeNodes, hn.Cfg.NodeID)
 }
 
diff --git a/lntest/node/harness_node.go b/lntest/node/harness_node.go
index 7415dfed2..ea4664a50 100644
--- a/lntest/node/harness_node.go
+++ b/lntest/node/harness_node.go
@@ -796,6 +796,18 @@ func (hn *HarnessNode) Kill() error {
 	return hn.cmd.Process.Kill()
 }
 
+// KillAndWait kills the lnd process and waits for it to finish.
+func (hn *HarnessNode) KillAndWait() error {
+	err := hn.cmd.Process.Kill()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = hn.cmd.Process.Wait()
+
+	return err
+}
+
 // printErrf prints an error to the console.
 func (hn *HarnessNode) printErrf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 	fmt.Printf("itest error from [%s:%s]: %s\n", //nolint:forbidigo