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 
}
    if (!CheckBlock(block, state, chainparams.GetConsensus()) ||
        !ContextualCheckBlock(block, state, chainparams.GetConsensus(), pindex->pprev)) {
        if (state.IsInvalid() && !state.CorruptionPossible()) {
            pindex->nStatus |= BLOCK_FAILED_VALID;
            setDirtyBlockIndex.insert(pindex);
        }
        return error("%s: %s", __func__, FormatStateMessage(state));
    }
    
    
    if (!IsInitialBlockDownload() && chainActive.Tip() == pindex->pprev)
        GetMainSignals().NewPoWValidBlock(pindex, pblock);
    
    if (fNewBlock) *fNewBlock = true;
    try {
        FlatFilePos blockPos = SaveBlockToDisk(block, pindex->nHeight, chainparams, dbp);
        if (blockPos.IsNull()) {
            state.Error(strprintf("%s: Failed to find position to write new block to disk", __func__));
            return false;
        }
        ReceivedBlockTransactions(block, pindex, blockPos, chainparams.GetConsensus());
    } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
        return AbortNode(state, std::string("System error: ") + e.what());
    }
    FlushStateToDisk(chainparams, state, FlushStateMode::NONE);
    CheckBlockIndex(chainparams.GetConsensus());
    return true;
}
bool ProcessNewBlock(const CChainParams& chainparams, const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> pblock, bool fForceProcessing, bool *fNewBlock)