diff --git a/core/tx_pool.go b/core/tx_pool.go
index 81efdbc358..5c5fab0ba0 100644
--- a/core/tx_pool.go
+++ b/core/tx_pool.go
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ func (pool *TxPool) addQiTxsLocked(txs types.Transactions) []error {
 	for _, tx := range txs {
 
 		pool.stateMu.RLock()
-		fee, _, _, err := ProcessQiTx(tx, pool.chain, false, true, pool.chain.CurrentBlock(), pool.currentState, &gp, new(uint64), pool.signer, pool.chainconfig.Location, *pool.chainconfig.ChainID, &etxRLimit, &etxPLimit)
+		fee, _, err := ProcessQiTx(tx, pool.chain, false, true, pool.chain.CurrentBlock(), pool.currentState, &gp, new(uint64), pool.signer, pool.chainconfig.Location, *pool.chainconfig.ChainID, &etxRLimit, &etxPLimit)
 		if err != nil {
 			pool.stateMu.RUnlock()
 			pool.logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
@@ -1774,13 +1774,20 @@ func (pool *TxPool) reset(oldHead, newHead *types.WorkObject) {
 			qiTxs = append(qiTxs, tx)
 		}
 	}
-	pool.mu.Unlock() // Don't lock the pool mutex while holding the qiMu lock
-	pool.qiMu.Lock()
-	pool.addQiTxsLocked(qiTxs)
-	pool.qiMu.Unlock()
-	pool.mu.Lock()
-
-	pool.addTxsLocked(reinject, false)
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		pool.addTxsLocked(reinject, false)
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		pool.qiMu.Lock()
+		pool.addQiTxsLocked(qiTxs)
+		pool.qiMu.Unlock()
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
 	if pool.reOrgCounter == c_reorgCounterThreshold {
 		pool.logger.WithField("time", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start))).Debug("Time taken to resetTxPool")
 	}
diff --git a/quai/handler.go b/quai/handler.go
index 08c61ab7b2..9a00f9c80a 100644
--- a/quai/handler.go
+++ b/quai/handler.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	// c_recentBlockReqTimeout is the timeout for the recent block requests cache
 	c_recentBlockReqTimeout = 1 * time.Minute
 	// c_broadcastTransactionsInterval is the interval for broadcasting transactions
-	c_broadcastTransactionsInterval = 5 * time.Second
+	c_broadcastTransactionsInterval = 2 * time.Second
 	// c_maxTxBatchSize is the maximum number of transactions to broadcast at once
 	c_maxTxBatchSize = 100
 )