diff --git a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/deposit.rs b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/deposit.rs
index 732a24552345..d848eecc302d 100644
--- a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/deposit.rs
+++ b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/deposit.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pub async fn update_last_observed_block_number() -> Option<BlockNumber> {
     match read_state(rpc_client)
         .get_block_by_number(block_height.clone())
         .with_cycles(MIN_ATTACHED_CYCLES)
-        .send()
+        .try_send()
         .await
         .reduce_with_strategy(NoReduction)
     {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ where
             .with_response_size_estimate(
                 ETH_GET_LOGS_INITIAL_RESPONSE_SIZE_ESTIMATE + HEADER_SIZE_LIMIT,
             )
-            .send()
+            .try_send()
             .await
             .reduce_with_strategy(NoReduction)
             .map(<S::Parser>::parse_all_logs);
diff --git a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/mod.rs b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/mod.rs
index ad9add3b80a7..6ccfde26ac81 100644
--- a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/mod.rs
+++ b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use evm_rpc_types::{
     RpcError, RpcService as EvmRpcService, RpcServices as EvmRpcServices,
 };
 use ic_canister_log::log;
-use ic_canister_runtime::IcRuntime;
+use ic_canister_runtime::{IcError, IcRuntime};
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet},
     fmt::Debug,
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ impl<T: PartialEq> MultiCallResults<T> {
         let distinct_errors: BTreeSet<_> = self.errors.values().collect();
         match distinct_errors.len() {
             0 => panic!("BUG: expect errors should be non-empty"),
-            1 => {
-                MultiCallError::ConsistentError(distinct_errors.into_iter().next().unwrap().clone())
-            }
+            1 => MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::EvmRpc(
+                distinct_errors.into_iter().next().unwrap().clone(),
+            )),
             _ => MultiCallError::InconsistentResults(self),
         }
     }
@@ -150,10 +150,24 @@ impl<T: PartialEq> MultiCallResults<T> {
 
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub enum MultiCallError<T> {
-    ConsistentError(RpcError),
+    ConsistentError(ConsistentError),
     InconsistentResults(MultiCallResults<T>),
 }
 
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub enum ConsistentError {
+    /// Error coming from the client talking to the EVM RPC canister
+    Client(IcError),
+    /// Error coming from the EVM RPC canister itself.
+    EvmRpc(RpcError),
+}
+
+impl From<RpcError> for ConsistentError {
+    fn from(error: RpcError) -> Self {
+        Self::EvmRpc(error)
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait ReductionStrategy<T> {
     fn reduce(&self, results: EvmMultiRpcResult<T>) -> Result<T, MultiCallError<T>>;
 }
@@ -235,7 +249,9 @@ where
     F: Fn(MultiCallResults<T>) -> Result<T, MultiCallError<T>>,
 {
     match result {
-        EvmMultiRpcResult::Consistent(result) => result.map_err(MultiCallError::ConsistentError),
+        EvmMultiRpcResult::Consistent(result) => {
+            result.map_err(|e| MultiCallError::ConsistentError(e.into()))
+        }
         EvmMultiRpcResult::Inconsistent(results) => {
             reduce(MultiCallResults::from_non_empty_iter(results))
         }
@@ -249,25 +265,41 @@ pub trait ToReducedWithStrategy<T> {
     ) -> Result<T, MultiCallError<T>>;
 }
 
-impl<T> ToReducedWithStrategy<T> for EvmMultiRpcResult<T> {
+impl<T> ToReducedWithStrategy<T> for Result<EvmMultiRpcResult<T>, IcError> {
     fn reduce_with_strategy(
         self,
         strategy: impl ReductionStrategy<T>,
     ) -> Result<T, MultiCallError<T>> {
-        strategy.reduce(self)
+        match self {
+            Ok(result) => strategy.reduce(result),
+            Err(error) => Err(MultiCallError::from_client_error(error)),
+        }
     }
 }
 
 impl<T> MultiCallError<T> {
+    pub fn from_client_error(error: IcError) -> Self {
+        MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::Client(error))
+    }
+
     pub fn has_http_outcall_error_matching<P: Fn(&HttpOutcallError) -> bool>(
         &self,
         predicate: P,
     ) -> bool {
         match self {
-            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(RpcError::HttpOutcallError(error)) => predicate(error),
-            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(RpcError::JsonRpcError { .. }) => false,
-            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(RpcError::ProviderError(_)) => false,
-            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(RpcError::ValidationError(_)) => false,
+            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::Client(_)) => false,
+            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::EvmRpc(
+                RpcError::HttpOutcallError(error),
+            )) => predicate(error),
+            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::EvmRpc(RpcError::JsonRpcError {
+                ..
+            })) => false,
+            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::EvmRpc(RpcError::ProviderError(
+                _,
+            ))) => false,
+            MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::EvmRpc(
+                RpcError::ValidationError(_),
+            )) => false,
             MultiCallError::InconsistentResults(results) => {
                 results
                     .errors
diff --git a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/tests.rs b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/tests.rs
index cc3b72a2b3a6..91656ed1af75 100644
--- a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/tests.rs
+++ b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/eth_rpc_client/tests.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::{
     eth_rpc::Hash,
     eth_rpc_client::{
-        MinByKey, MultiCallError, MultiCallResults, StrictMajorityByKey, ToReducedWithStrategy,
+        ConsistentError, MinByKey, MultiCallError, MultiCallResults, StrictMajorityByKey,
+        ToReducedWithStrategy,
         responses::{TransactionReceipt, TransactionStatus},
     },
     numeric::{BlockNumber, GasAmount, TransactionCount, WeiPerGas},
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const LLAMA_NODES: EvmRpcService = EvmRpcService::EthMainnet(EthMainnetService::
 
 mod multi_call_results {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::eth_rpc_client::ReductionStrategy;
 
     mod reduce_with_min_by_key {
         use super::*;
@@ -278,10 +280,10 @@ mod multi_call_results {
         proptest! {
             #[test]
             fn should_not_match_when_consistent_json_rpc_error(code in any::<i64>(), message in ".*") {
-                let error: MultiCallError<String> = MultiCallError::ConsistentError(RpcError::JsonRpcError(JsonRpcError {
+                let error: MultiCallError<String> = MultiCallError::ConsistentError(ConsistentError::EvmRpc(RpcError::JsonRpcError(JsonRpcError {
                     code,
                     message,
-                }));
+                })));
                 let always_true = |_outcall_error: &HttpOutcallError| true;
 
                 assert!(!error.has_http_outcall_error_matching(always_true));
@@ -291,10 +293,10 @@ mod multi_call_results {
         #[test]
         fn should_match_when_consistent_http_outcall_error() {
             let error: MultiCallError<String> = MultiCallError::ConsistentError(
-                RpcError::HttpOutcallError(HttpOutcallError::IcError {
+                ConsistentError::EvmRpc(RpcError::HttpOutcallError(HttpOutcallError::IcError {
                     code: LegacyRejectionCode::SysTransient,
                     message: "message".to_string(),
-                }),
+                })),
             );
             let always_true = |_outcall_error: &HttpOutcallError| true;
             let always_false = |_outcall_error: &HttpOutcallError| false;
@@ -337,6 +339,15 @@ mod multi_call_results {
             assert!(error_with_outcall_error.has_http_outcall_error_matching(always_true));
         }
     }
+
+    impl<T> ToReducedWithStrategy<T> for MultiRpcResult<T> {
+        fn reduce_with_strategy(
+            self,
+            strategy: impl ReductionStrategy<T>,
+        ) -> Result<T, MultiCallError<T>> {
+            strategy.reduce(self)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 mod eth_get_transaction_receipt {
diff --git a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/tx.rs b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/tx.rs
index 8b7e952fe283..73c1984e4414 100644
--- a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/tx.rs
+++ b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/tx.rs
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ pub async fn lazy_refresh_gas_fee_estimate() -> Option<GasFeeEstimate> {
             .fee_history((5_u8, BlockTag::Latest))
             .with_reward_percentiles(vec![20])
             .with_cycles(MIN_ATTACHED_CYCLES)
-            .send()
+            .try_send()
             .await
             .reduce_with_strategy(StrictMajorityByKey::new(|fee_history: &FeeHistory| {
                 Nat::from(fee_history.oldest_block.clone())
diff --git a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/withdraw.rs b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/withdraw.rs
index 13e7e194e15c..1ffa91bb7035 100644
--- a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/withdraw.rs
+++ b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/src/withdraw.rs
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ async fn latest_transaction_count() -> Option<TransactionCount> {
     match read_state(rpc_client)
         .get_transaction_count((minter_address().await.into_bytes(), BlockTag::Latest))
         .with_cycles(MIN_ATTACHED_CYCLES)
-        .send()
+        .try_send()
         .await
-        .map(TransactionCount::from)
+        .map(|res| res.map(TransactionCount::from))
         .reduce_with_strategy(MinByKey::new(|count: &TransactionCount| *count))
     {
         Ok(transaction_count) => Some(transaction_count),
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ async fn send_transactions_batch(latest_transaction_count: Option<TransactionCou
         rpc_client
             .send_raw_transaction(tx.raw_transaction_hex())
             .with_cycles(MIN_ATTACHED_CYCLES)
-            .send()
+            .try_send()
             .await
             .reduce_with_strategy(AnyOf)
     }))
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ async fn finalize_transactions_batch() {
                 rpc_client
                     .get_transaction_receipt(*hash)
                     .with_cycles(MIN_ATTACHED_CYCLES)
-                    .send()
+                    .try_send()
                     .await
                     .reduce_with_strategy(NoReduction)
             }))
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ async fn finalized_transaction_count() -> Result<TransactionCount, MultiCallErro
     read_state(rpc_client)
         .get_transaction_count((minter_address().await.into_bytes(), BlockTag::Finalized))
         .with_cycles(MIN_ATTACHED_CYCLES)
-        .send()
+        .try_send()
         .await
-        .map(TransactionCount::from)
+        .map(|res| res.map(TransactionCount::from))
         .reduce_with_strategy(NoReduction)
 }
diff --git a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/tests/cketh.rs b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/tests/cketh.rs
index eb8a5d9eaa43..e90a4ff5f364 100644
--- a/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/tests/cketh.rs
+++ b/rs/ethereum/cketh/minter/tests/cketh.rs
@@ -1341,4 +1341,28 @@ mod cketh_evm_rpc {
             .build()
             .expect_rpc_calls(&cketh);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn should_not_panic_when_evm_rpc_canister_is_stopped() {
+        let cketh = CkEthSetup::default();
+        // The minter starts right away by scraping the logs,
+        // which leads the state machine to panick if we were to stop directly the EVM RPC canister.
+        // So we first stop the minter to start fresh.
+        cketh.stop_minter();
+        cketh
+            .env
+            .stop_canister(cketh.evm_rpc_id)
+            .expect("Failed to stop EVM RPC canister");
+        cketh.start_minter();
+
+        cketh.env.advance_time(SCRAPING_ETH_LOGS_INTERVAL);
+
+        for _ in 0..10 {
+            cketh.env.tick();
+            let logs = cketh.minter_canister_logs();
+            if let Some(panicking_log) = logs.iter().find(|l| l.content.contains("ic0.trap")) {
+                panic!("Minter panicked: {}", panicking_log.content);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rs/ethereum/cketh/test_utils/src/lib.rs b/rs/ethereum/cketh/test_utils/src/lib.rs
index 5f3437cbde05..00bcc788da8e 100644
--- a/rs/ethereum/cketh/test_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rs/ethereum/cketh/test_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ impl CkEthSetup {
             .unwrap(),
         )
         .unwrap();
-        let minter_id = install_minter(&env, ledger_id, minter_id, evm_rpc_id);
         install_evm_rpc(&env, evm_rpc_id);
+        let minter_id = install_minter(&env, ledger_id, minter_id, evm_rpc_id);
 
         let caller = PrincipalId::new_user_test_id(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL_ID);
         let cketh = Self {
@@ -696,6 +696,21 @@ impl CkEthSetup {
         )
         .unwrap()
     }
+
+    pub fn minter_canister_logs(&self) -> Vec<CanisterLog> {
+        let log = self.env.canister_log(self.minter_id);
+
+        let mut records = log.records().iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        records.sort_by(|a, b| a.idx.cmp(&b.idx));
+        records
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|log| CanisterLog {
+                timestamp_nanos: log.timestamp_nanos,
+                idx: log.idx,
+                content: String::from_utf8_lossy(&log.content).to_string(),
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn format_ethereum_address_to_eip_55(address: &str) -> String {
@@ -782,3 +797,10 @@ pub struct LedgerBalance {
     pub account: Account,
     pub balance: Nat,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct CanisterLog {
+    pub timestamp_nanos: u64,
+    pub idx: u64,
+    pub content: String,
+}