diff --git a/eth/downloader/statesync.go b/eth/downloader/statesync.go
index 4071d0ad9..521ee25a0 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/statesync.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/statesync.go
@@ -274,15 +274,21 @@ func (s *stateSync) Cancel() error {
 // receive data from peers, rather those are buffered up in the downloader and
 // pushed here async. The reason is to decouple processing from data receipt
 // and timeouts.
-func (s *stateSync) loop() error {
+func (s *stateSync) loop() (err error) {
 	// Listen for new peer events to assign tasks to them
 	newPeer := make(chan *peerConnection, 1024)
 	peerSub := s.d.peers.SubscribeNewPeers(newPeer)
 	defer peerSub.Unsubscribe()
+	defer func() {
+		cerr := s.commit(true)
+		if err == nil {
+			err = cerr
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// Keep assigning new tasks until the sync completes or aborts
 	for s.sched.Pending() > 0 {
-		if err := s.commit(false); err != nil {
+		if err = s.commit(false); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		s.assignTasks()
@@ -307,14 +313,14 @@ func (s *stateSync) loop() error {
 				s.d.dropPeer(req.peer.id)
 			}
 			// Process all the received blobs and check for stale delivery
-			if err := s.process(req); err != nil {
+			if err = s.process(req); err != nil {
 				log.Warn("Node data write error", "err", err)
 				return err
 			}
 			req.peer.SetNodeDataIdle(len(req.response))
 		}
 	}
-	return s.commit(true)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *stateSync) commit(force bool) error {
@@ -323,7 +329,9 @@ func (s *stateSync) commit(force bool) error {
 	}
 	start := time.Now()
 	b := s.d.stateDB.NewBatch()
-	s.sched.Commit(b)
+	if written, err := s.sched.Commit(b); written == 0 || err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := b.Write(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("DB write error: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/trie/sync.go b/trie/sync.go
index b573a9f73..4ae975d04 100644
--- a/trie/sync.go
+++ b/trie/sync.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func (s *TrieSync) Process(results []SyncResult) (bool, int, error) {
 }
 
 // Commit flushes the data stored in the internal membatch out to persistent
-// storage, returning th enumber of items written and any occurred error.
+// storage, returning the number of items written and any occurred error.
 func (s *TrieSync) Commit(dbw ethdb.Putter) (int, error) {
 	// Dump the membatch into a database dbw
 	for i, key := range s.membatch.order {