diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index eb138935b3..f1e27e6471 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 ### New Features
 * Allow WriteBatchWithIndex to index a WriteBatch that includes keys with user-defined timestamps. The index itself does not have timestamp.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+* * Fixed a data race on `versions_` between `DBImpl::ResumeImpl()` and threads waiting for recovery to complete (#9496)
+
 ## 7.0.0 (02/20/2022)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Fixed a major bug in which batched MultiGet could return old values for keys deleted by DeleteRange when memtable Bloom filter is enabled (memtable_prefix_bloom_size_ratio > 0). (The fix includes a substantial MultiGet performance improvement in the unusual case of both memtable_whole_key_filtering and prefix_extractor.)
diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
index 196b428a30..0f00f33d04 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl.cc
@@ -400,14 +400,6 @@ Status DBImpl::ResumeImpl(DBRecoverContext context) {
 
   JobContext job_context(0);
   FindObsoleteFiles(&job_context, true);
-  if (s.ok()) {
-    s = error_handler_.ClearBGError();
-  } else {
-    // NOTE: this is needed to pass ASSERT_STATUS_CHECKED
-    // in the DBSSTTest.DBWithMaxSpaceAllowedRandomized test.
-    // See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/pull/7715#issuecomment-754947952
-    error_handler_.GetRecoveryError().PermitUncheckedError();
-  }
   mutex_.Unlock();
 
   job_context.manifest_file_number = 1;
@@ -428,11 +420,31 @@ Status DBImpl::ResumeImpl(DBRecoverContext context) {
             immutable_db_options_.info_log,
             "DB resume requested but could not enable file deletions [%s]",
             s.ToString().c_str());
+        assert(false);
       }
     }
-    ROCKS_LOG_INFO(immutable_db_options_.info_log, "Successfully resumed DB");
   }
+
   mutex_.Lock();
+  if (s.ok()) {
+    // This will notify and unblock threads waiting for error recovery to
+    // finish. Those previouly waiting threads can now proceed, which may
+    // include closing the db.
+    s = error_handler_.ClearBGError();
+  } else {
+    // NOTE: this is needed to pass ASSERT_STATUS_CHECKED
+    // in the DBSSTTest.DBWithMaxSpaceAllowedRandomized test.
+    // See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/pull/7715#issuecomment-754947952
+    error_handler_.GetRecoveryError().PermitUncheckedError();
+  }
+
+  if (s.ok()) {
+    ROCKS_LOG_INFO(immutable_db_options_.info_log, "Successfully resumed DB");
+  } else {
+    ROCKS_LOG_INFO(immutable_db_options_.info_log, "Failed to resume DB [%s]",
+                   s.ToString().c_str());
+  }
+
   // Check for shutdown again before scheduling further compactions,
   // since we released and re-acquired the lock above
   if (shutdown_initiated_) {