diff --git a/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts b/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts
index cd88e5c4a..4069ffb1e 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ export abstract class JsonRpcApiProvider extends AbstractProvider {
                 try {
                     this.#network = await this._detectNetwork();
                 } catch (error) {
+                    if (this.destroyed) { break; }
                     console.log("JsonRpcProvider failed to detect network and cannot start up; retry in 1s (perhaps the URL is wrong or the node is not started)");
                     this.emit("error", makeError("failed to bootstrap network detection", "NETWORK_ERROR", { event: "initial-network-discovery", info: { error } }));
                     await stall(1000);