diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index ecbf74c06c..b9acab38c7 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -485,21 +485,20 @@ impl Context {
 
     /// Stops the IO scheduler.
     pub async fn stop_io(&self) {
+        self.scheduler.stop(self).await;
         if let Some(iroh) = self.iroh.write().await.take() {
             // Close all QUIC connections.
-            let ctx = self.clone();
 
             // Spawn into a separate task,
             // because Iroh calls `wait_idle()` internally
             // and it may take time, especially if the network
             // has become unavailable.
             tokio::spawn(async move {
-                if let Err(err) = iroh.close().await {
-                    warn!(ctx, "Failed to close Iroh: {err:#}.");
-                }
+                // We do not log the error because we do not want the task
+                // to hold the reference to Context.
+                let _ = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(60), iroh.close()).await;
             });
         }
-        self.scheduler.stop(self).await;
     }
 
     /// Restarts the IO scheduler if it was running before