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 
return g_chainstate.ActivateBestChain(state, chainparams, std::move(pblock));
}
bool CChainState::PreciousBlock(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& params, CBlockIndex *pindex)
{
    {
        LOCK(cs_main);
        if (pindex->nChainWork < chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork) {
            
            return true;
        }
        if (chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork > nLastPreciousChainwork) {
            
            nBlockReverseSequenceId = -1;
        }
        nLastPreciousChainwork = chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork;
        setBlockIndexCandidates.erase(pindex);
        pindex->nSequenceId = nBlockReverseSequenceId;
        if (nBlockReverseSequenceId > std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min()) {
            
            
            nBlockReverseSequenceId--;
        }
        if (pindex->IsValid(BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS) && pindex->HaveTxsDownloaded()) {
            setBlockIndexCandidates.insert(pindex);
            PruneBlockIndexCandidates();
        }
    }
    return ActivateBestChain(state, params, std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>());
}
bool PreciousBlock(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& params, CBlockIndex *pindex) {