diff --git a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/crash-utils.js b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/crash-utils.js
index 35e96c66cf..e275314638 100755
--- a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/crash-utils.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/crash-utils.js
@@ -185,30 +185,30 @@ Crash analysis of: ` + JSON.stringify(instanceInfo) + '\n';
   return 'cdb ' + args.join(' ');
 }
 
-function checkMonitorAlive (binary, arangod, options, res) {
-  if (arangod.hasOwnProperty('monitor') ) {
+function checkMonitorAlive (binary, instanceInfo, options, res) {
+  if (instanceInfo.hasOwnProperty('monitor') ) {
     // Windows: wait for procdump to do its job...
-    if (!arangod.monitor.hasOwnProperty('status')) {
-      let rc = statusExternal(arangod.monitor.pid, false);
+    if (!instanceInfo.monitor.hasOwnProperty('status')) {
+      let rc = statusExternal(instanceInfo.monitor.pid, false);
       if (rc.status !== 'RUNNING') {
-        arangod.monitor = rc;
+        instanceInfo.monitor = rc;
         // procdump doesn't set propper exit codes, check for
         // dumps that may exist:
-        if (fs.exists(arangod.coreFilePattern)) {
+        if (fs.exists(instanceInfo.coreFilePattern)) {
           print("checkMonitorAlive: marking crashy");
-          arangod.monitor.monitorExited = true;
-          arangod.monitor.pid = null;
+          instanceInfo.monitor.monitorExited = true;
+          instanceInfo.monitor.pid = null;
           pu.serverCrashed = true;
           options.cleanup = false;
-          arangod['exitStatus'] = {};
-          analyzeCrash(binary, arangod, options, "the process monitor commanded error");
-          Object.assign(arangod.exitStatus,
-                        killExternal(arangod.pid, abortSignal));
+          instanceInfo['exitStatus'] = {};
+          analyzeCrash(binary, instanceInfo, options, "the process monitor commanded error");
+          Object.assign(instanceInfo.exitStatus,
+                        killExternal(instanceInfo.pid, abortSignal));
           return false;
         }
       }
     }
-    else return arangod.monitor.exitStatus;
+    else return instanceInfo.monitor.exitStatus;
   }
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
index e9d752ff25..7eb2f2e603 100755
--- a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
@@ -1238,7 +1238,13 @@ function shutdownInstance (instanceInfo, options, forceTerminate) {
       }
       if (arangod.exitStatus.status === 'RUNNING') {
         arangod.exitStatus = statusExternal(arangod.pid, false);
-        crashUtils.checkMonitorAlive(ARANGOD_BIN, arangod, options, arangod.exitStatus);
+        if (!crashUtils.checkMonitorAlive(ARANGOD_BIN, arangod, options, arangod.exitStatus)) {
+          if (arangod.role !== 'agent') {
+            nonAgenciesCount--;
+          }
+          print(Date() + ' Server "' + arangod.role + '" shutdown: detected irregular death by monitor: pid', arangod.pid);
+          return false;
+        }
       }
       if (arangod.exitStatus.status === 'RUNNING') {
         let localTimeout = timeout;
@@ -1259,7 +1265,7 @@ function shutdownInstance (instanceInfo, options, forceTerminate) {
                              '" forcefully KILLED after 60s - ' +
                              arangod.exitStatus.signal);
           if (arangod.role !== 'agent') {
-            nonAgenciesCount --;
+            nonAgenciesCount--;
           }
           return false;
         } else {
@@ -1267,7 +1273,7 @@ function shutdownInstance (instanceInfo, options, forceTerminate) {
         }
       } else if (arangod.exitStatus.status !== 'TERMINATED') {
         if (arangod.role !== 'agent') {
-          nonAgenciesCount --;
+          nonAgenciesCount--;
         }
         if (arangod.exitStatus.hasOwnProperty('signal') || arangod.exitStatus.hasOwnProperty('monitor')) {
           analyzeServerCrash(arangod, options, 'instance "' + arangod.role + '" Shutdown - ' + arangod.exitStatus.signal);
@@ -1278,7 +1284,7 @@ function shutdownInstance (instanceInfo, options, forceTerminate) {
         stopProcdump(options, arangod);
       } else {
         if (arangod.role !== 'agent') {
-          nonAgenciesCount --;
+          nonAgenciesCount--;
         }
         print(Date() + ' Server "' + arangod.role + '" shutdown: Success: pid', arangod.pid);
         stopProcdump(options, arangod);