diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
index 7ec5fc7a1..7a6d39a43 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -3254,7 +3254,7 @@ namespace tools
     if (!m_wallet) return not_open(er);
     cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_STOP_MINING::request daemon_req;
     cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_STOP_MINING::response daemon_res;
-    bool r = m_wallet->invoke_http_json("/stop_mining", daemon_req, daemon_res);
+    bool r = m_wallet->invoke_http_json("/stop_mining", daemon_req, daemon_res, std::chrono::seconds(60)); // this waits till stopped, and if randomx has just started initializing its dataset, it might be a while
     if (!r || daemon_res.status != CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK)
     {
       er.code = WALLET_RPC_ERROR_CODE_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/functional_tests_rpc.py b/tests/functional_tests/functional_tests_rpc.py
index eb8d51f08..c4d7aa644 100755
--- a/tests/functional_tests/functional_tests_rpc.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/functional_tests_rpc.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ try:
   os.environ['MAKE_TEST_SIGNATURE'] = FUNCTIONAL_TESTS_DIRECTORY + '/make_test_signature'
   os.environ['SEEDHASH_EPOCH_BLOCKS'] = "8"
   os.environ['SEEDHASH_EPOCH_LAG'] = "4"
+  if not 'MINING_SILENT' in os.environ:
+    os.environ['MINING_SILENT'] = "1"
 
   for i in range(len(command_lines)):
     #print('Running: ' + str(command_lines[i]))
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/mining.py b/tests/functional_tests/mining.py
index f1aa15c14..a315ae97f 100755
--- a/tests/functional_tests/mining.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/mining.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class MiningTest():
         available_ram = util_resources.available_ram_gb()
         threshold_ram = 3
         self.print_mining_info("Available RAM = " + str(round(available_ram, 1)) + " GB")
-        if available_ram < threshold_ram:
+        if available_ram < threshold_ram and not self.is_mining_silent():
             print("Warning! Available RAM =", round(available_ram, 1), 
                   "GB is less than the reasonable threshold =", threshold_ram,
                   ". The RX init might exceed the calculated timeout.")
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class MiningTest():
             assert res.hash == block_hash
 
     def is_mining_silent(self):
-        return 'MINING_SILENT' in os.environ
+        return 'MINING_SILENT' in os.environ and os.environ['MINING_SILENT'] != "0"
 
     def print_mining_info(self, msg):
         if self.is_mining_silent():