Reported here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10244#issuecomment-378035305

Travis log here: https://travis-ci.org/bitcoin/bitcoin/jobs/361243719#L2810

Note the JSON exception:

```
test_framework.authproxy.JSONRPCException: The mempool was not loaded yet (-1) 
```

That exception was introduced here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/cb1e319fe9e198c9c5cf5236fe9af5a3d748b9e8#diff-a0c8f511d90e83aa9b5857e819ced344R1617

cc @jtimon 
BlockMap::const_iterator  it = mapBlockIndex.find(hashAssumeValid);
        if (it != mapBlockIndex.end()) {
            if (it->second->GetAncestor(pindex->nHeight) == pindex &&
                pindexBestHeader->GetAncestor(pindex->nHeight) == pindex &&
                pindexBestHeader->nChainWork >= nMinimumChainWork) {
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                fScriptChecks = (GetBlockProofEquivalentTime(*pindexBestHeader, *pindex, *pindexBestHeader, chainparams.GetConsensus()) <= 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 2);
            }
        }
    }
    int64_t nTime1 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeCheck += nTime1 - nTimeStart;
    LogPrint(BCLog::BENCH, "    - Sanity checks: %.2fms [%.2fs (%.2fms/blk)]\n", MILLI * (nTime1 - nTimeStart), nTimeCheck * MICRO, nTimeCheck * MILLI / nBlocksTotal);