diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d3eabbf2f3..559382876e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   util/macros.h \
   util/message.h \
   util/moneystr.h \
+  util/overflow.h \
   util/ranges.h \
   util/readwritefile.h \
   util/underlying.h \
diff --git a/src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp b/src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp
index 8321b7f17b..682550e1d6 100644
--- a/src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp
+++ b/src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ bool CoinStatsIndex::LookUpStats(const CBlockIndex* block_index, CCoinsStats& co
     coins_stats.hashSerialized = entry.muhash;
     coins_stats.nTransactionOutputs = entry.transaction_output_count;
     coins_stats.nBogoSize = entry.bogo_size;
-    coins_stats.nTotalAmount = entry.total_amount;
+    coins_stats.total_amount = entry.total_amount;
     coins_stats.total_subsidy = entry.total_subsidy;
     coins_stats.total_unspendable_amount = entry.total_unspendable_amount;
     coins_stats.total_prevout_spent_amount = entry.total_prevout_spent_amount;
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index ea2ca1590d..ef5a9399e6 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -885,7 +885,9 @@ static void PeriodicStats(ArgsManager& args, const CTxMemPool& mempool)
         statsClient.gauge("utxoset.txOutputs", stats.nTransactionOutputs, 1.0f);
         statsClient.gauge("utxoset.dbSizeBytes", stats.nDiskSize, 1.0f);
         statsClient.gauge("utxoset.blockHeight", stats.nHeight, 1.0f);
-        statsClient.gauge("utxoset.totalAmount", (double)stats.nTotalAmount / (double)COIN, 1.0f);
+        if (stats.total_amount.has_value()) {
+            statsClient.gauge("utxoset.totalAmount", (double)stats.total_amount.value() / (double)COIN, 1.0f);
+        }
     } else {
         // something went wrong
         LogPrintf("%s: GetUTXOStats failed\n", __func__);
diff --git a/src/node/coinstats.cpp b/src/node/coinstats.cpp
index 8e82a284bd..f41adb160f 100644
--- a/src/node/coinstats.cpp
+++ b/src/node/coinstats.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #include <index/coinstatsindex.h>
 #include <serialize.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
-// #include <util/system.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 #include <validation.h>
 
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ static void ApplyStats(CCoinsStats& stats, const uint256& hash, const std::map<u
     stats.nTransactions++;
     for (auto it = outputs.begin(); it != outputs.end(); ++it) {
         stats.nTransactionOutputs++;
-        stats.nTotalAmount += it->second.out.nValue;
+        if (stats.total_amount.has_value()) {
+            stats.total_amount = CheckedAdd(*stats.total_amount, it->second.out.nValue);
+        }
         stats.nBogoSize += GetBogoSize(it->second.out.scriptPubKey);
     }
 }
@@ -94,7 +96,9 @@ static void ApplyStats(CCoinsStats& stats, std::nullptr_t, const uint256& hash,
     stats.nTransactions++;
     for (const auto& output : outputs) {
         stats.nTransactionOutputs++;
-        stats.nTotalAmount += output.second.out.nValue;
+        if (stats.total_amount.has_value()) {
+            stats.total_amount = CheckedAdd(*stats.total_amount, output.second.out.nValue);
+        }
         stats.nBogoSize += GetBogoSize(output.second.out.scriptPubKey);
     }
 }
@@ -107,11 +111,9 @@ static bool GetUTXOStats(CCoinsView* view, BlockManager& blockman, CCoinsStats&
     assert(pcursor);
 
     if (!pindex) {
-        {
-            LOCK(cs_main);
-            assert(std::addressof(g_chainman.m_blockman) == std::addressof(blockman));
-            pindex = blockman.LookupBlockIndex(view->GetBestBlock());
-        }
+        LOCK(cs_main);
+        assert(std::addressof(g_chainman.m_blockman) == std::addressof(blockman));
+        pindex = blockman.LookupBlockIndex(view->GetBestBlock());
     }
     stats.nHeight = Assert(pindex)->nHeight;
     stats.hashBlock = pindex->GetBlockHash();
diff --git a/src/node/coinstats.h b/src/node/coinstats.h
index bcd3e55acd..dc4d062154 100644
--- a/src/node/coinstats.h
+++ b/src/node/coinstats.h
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ enum class CoinStatsHashType {
     NONE,
 };
 
-struct CCoinsStats
-{
-    CoinStatsHashType m_hash_type;
+struct CCoinsStats {
+    //! Which hash type to use
+    const CoinStatsHashType m_hash_type;
+
     int nHeight{0};
     uint256 hashBlock{};
     uint64_t nTransactions{0};
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ struct CCoinsStats
     uint64_t nBogoSize{0};
     uint256 hashSerialized{};
     uint64_t nDiskSize{0};
-    CAmount nTotalAmount{0};
+    //! The total amount, or nullopt if an overflow occurred calculating it
+    std::optional<CAmount> total_amount{0};
 
     //! The number of coins contained.
     uint64_t coins_count{0};
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 63720810ee..e9020fcfae 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1423,9 +1423,10 @@ static UniValue gettxoutsetinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             ret.pushKV("hash_serialized_2", stats.hashSerialized.GetHex());
         }
         if (hash_type == CoinStatsHashType::MUHASH) {
-              ret.pushKV("muhash", stats.hashSerialized.GetHex());
+            ret.pushKV("muhash", stats.hashSerialized.GetHex());
         }
-        ret.pushKV("total_amount", ValueFromAmount(stats.nTotalAmount));
+        CHECK_NONFATAL(stats.total_amount.has_value());
+        ret.pushKV("total_amount", ValueFromAmount(stats.total_amount.value()));
         if (!stats.index_used) {
             ret.pushKV("transactions", static_cast<int64_t>(stats.nTransactions));
             ret.pushKV("disk_size", stats.nDiskSize);
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/addition_overflow.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/addition_overflow.cpp
index 158ce6e756..8b435431dd 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/addition_overflow.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/addition_overflow.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <test/fuzz/FuzzedDataProvider.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/fuzz.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/util.h>
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/crypto_chacha20_poly1305_aead.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/crypto_chacha20_poly1305_aead.cpp
index 1f122082b2..2f6469e589 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/crypto_chacha20_poly1305_aead.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/crypto_chacha20_poly1305_aead.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <test/fuzz/FuzzedDataProvider.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/fuzz.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/util.h>
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdint>
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/integer.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/integer.cpp
index 5754cd34c5..30351c398a 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/integer.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/integer.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <uint256.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
 #include <util/moneystr.h>
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/string.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/pow.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/pow.cpp
index 02beb6eb37..fd0ca0644a 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/pow.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/pow.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <test/fuzz/FuzzedDataProvider.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/fuzz.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/util.h>
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <optional>
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
index 8053d890b9..94b6ca76e5 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include <test/fuzz/util.h>
+
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 #include <version.h>
 
 FuzzedSock::FuzzedSock(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider)
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.h b/src/test/fuzz/util.h
index 2600c15884..bc0d48c24d 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.h
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <test/util/setup_common.h>
 #include <txmempool.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
 #include <util/vector.h>
 #include <version.h>
@@ -217,17 +218,6 @@ template <typename T>
     }
 }
 
-template <class T>
-[[ nodiscard ]] bool AdditionOverflow(const T i, const T j) noexcept
-{
-    static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "Integral required.");
-    if (std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed) {
-        return (i > 0 && j > std::numeric_limits<T>::max() - i) ||
-               (i < 0 && j < std::numeric_limits<T>::min() - i);
-    }
-    return std::numeric_limits<T>::max() - i < j;
-}
-
 [[ nodiscard ]] inline bool ContainsSpentInput(const CTransaction& tx, const CCoinsViewCache& inputs) noexcept
 {
     for (const CTxIn& tx_in : tx.vin) {
diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index bdac179816..dd84391585 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <util/getuniquepath.h>
 #include <util/message.h> // For MessageSign(), MessageVerify(), MESSAGE_MAGIC
 #include <util/moneystr.h>
+#include <util/overflow.h>
 #include <util/ranges_set.h>
 #include <util/spanparsing.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
@@ -1449,6 +1450,38 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IsDigit)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(IsDigit(9), false);
 }
 
+/* Check for overflow */
+template <typename T>
+static void TestAddMatrixOverflow()
+{
+    constexpr T MAXI{std::numeric_limits<T>::max()};
+    BOOST_CHECK(!CheckedAdd(T{1}, MAXI));
+    BOOST_CHECK(!CheckedAdd(MAXI, MAXI));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(0, CheckedAdd(T{0}, T{0}).value());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(MAXI, CheckedAdd(T{0}, MAXI).value());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(MAXI, CheckedAdd(T{1}, MAXI - 1).value());
+}
+
+/* Check for overflow or underflow */
+template <typename T>
+static void TestAddMatrix()
+{
+    TestAddMatrixOverflow<T>();
+    constexpr T MINI{std::numeric_limits<T>::min()};
+    constexpr T MAXI{std::numeric_limits<T>::max()};
+    BOOST_CHECK(!CheckedAdd(T{-1}, MINI));
+    BOOST_CHECK(!CheckedAdd(MINI, MINI));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(MINI, CheckedAdd(T{0}, MINI).value());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(MINI, CheckedAdd(T{-1}, MINI + 1).value());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(-1, CheckedAdd(MINI, MAXI).value());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_overflow)
+{
+    TestAddMatrixOverflow<unsigned>();
+    TestAddMatrix<signed>();
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_ParseInt32)
 {
     int32_t n;
diff --git a/src/util/overflow.h b/src/util/overflow.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5982af8d04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/overflow.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_OVERFLOW_H
+#define BITCOIN_UTIL_OVERFLOW_H
+
+#include <limits>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+template <class T>
+[[nodiscard]] bool AdditionOverflow(const T i, const T j) noexcept
+{
+    static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "Integral required.");
+    if (std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed) {
+        return (i > 0 && j > std::numeric_limits<T>::max() - i) ||
+               (i < 0 && j < std::numeric_limits<T>::min() - i);
+    }
+    return std::numeric_limits<T>::max() - i < j;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+[[nodiscard]] std::optional<T> CheckedAdd(const T i, const T j) noexcept
+{
+    if (AdditionOverflow(i, j)) {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    return i + j;
+}
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_OVERFLOW_H