diff --git a/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index a0bc372404..6bbdb27fff 100644
--- a/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ set(KERNEL_SOURCES
     Tasks/FinalizerTask.cpp
     Tasks/FutexQueue.cpp
     Tasks/PerformanceEventBuffer.cpp
+    Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.cpp
     Tasks/Process.cpp
     Tasks/ProcessGroup.cpp
     Tasks/ProcessList.cpp
diff --git a/Kernel/Memory/AddressSpace.cpp b/Kernel/Memory/AddressSpace.cpp
index 0d972cd1cc..9ea53b88a1 100644
--- a/Kernel/Memory/AddressSpace.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Memory/AddressSpace.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <Kernel/Memory/MemoryManager.h>
 #include <Kernel/Security/Random.h>
 #include <Kernel/Tasks/PerformanceManager.h>
+#include <Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.h>
 #include <Kernel/Tasks/Process.h>
 #include <Kernel/Tasks/Scheduler.h>
 
@@ -323,7 +324,9 @@ void AddressSpace::dump_regions()
 
 void AddressSpace::remove_all_regions(Badge<Process>)
 {
-    VERIFY(Thread::current() == g_finalizer);
+    if (!g_in_system_shutdown)
+        VERIFY(Thread::current() == g_finalizer);
+
     {
         SpinlockLocker pd_locker(m_page_directory->get_lock());
         for (auto& region : m_region_tree.regions())
diff --git a/Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.cpp b/Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e1f9c25cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, kleines Filmröllchen <filmroellchen@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+namespace Kernel {
+
+bool g_in_system_shutdown { false };
+
+}
diff --git a/Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.h b/Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f84a080be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, kleines Filmröllchen <filmroellchen@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+namespace Kernel {
+
+extern bool g_in_system_shutdown;
+
+}
diff --git a/Kernel/Tasks/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Tasks/Process.cpp
index ebef656bc5..9834b7c98b 100644
--- a/Kernel/Tasks/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Tasks/Process.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace Kernel {
 static void create_signal_trampoline();
 
 extern ProcessID g_init_pid;
+extern bool g_in_system_shutdown;
 
 RecursiveSpinlock<LockRank::None> g_profiling_lock {};
 static Atomic<pid_t> next_pid;
@@ -749,7 +750,8 @@ ErrorOr<void> Process::dump_perfcore()
 
 void Process::finalize()
 {
-    VERIFY(Thread::current() == g_finalizer);
+    if (!g_in_system_shutdown)
+        VERIFY(Thread::current() == g_finalizer);
 
     dbgln_if(PROCESS_DEBUG, "Finalizing process {}", *this);
 
@@ -759,8 +761,12 @@ void Process::finalize()
         });
     }
 
-    if (g_init_pid != 0 && pid() == g_init_pid)
-        PANIC("Init process quit unexpectedly. Exit code: {}", termination_status());
+    if (g_init_pid != 0 && pid() == g_init_pid) {
+        if (g_in_system_shutdown)
+            dbgln("Init process quitting for shutdown.");
+        else
+            PANIC("Init process quit unexpectedly. Exit code: {}", termination_status());
+    }
 
     if (is_dumpable()) {
         if (m_should_generate_coredump) {
diff --git a/Kernel/Tasks/Thread.cpp b/Kernel/Tasks/Thread.cpp
index f0a9b6bf6b..c47ccc145a 100644
--- a/Kernel/Tasks/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Tasks/Thread.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <Kernel/Memory/ScopedAddressSpaceSwitcher.h>
 #include <Kernel/Sections.h>
 #include <Kernel/Tasks/PerformanceEventBuffer.h>
+#include <Kernel/Tasks/PowerStateSwitchTask.h>
 #include <Kernel/Tasks/Process.h>
 #include <Kernel/Tasks/Scheduler.h>
 #include <Kernel/Tasks/Thread.h>
@@ -537,7 +538,8 @@ StringView Thread::state_string() const
 
 void Thread::finalize()
 {
-    VERIFY(Thread::current() == g_finalizer);
+    if (!g_in_system_shutdown)
+        VERIFY(Thread::current() == g_finalizer);
     VERIFY(Thread::current() != this);
 
 #if LOCK_DEBUG