diff --git a/lib/event/reactor.c b/lib/event/reactor.c
index b3cb09dff..6bd0e11bb 100644
--- a/lib/event/reactor.c
+++ b/lib/event/reactor.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #define SPDK_EVENT_BATCH_SIZE		8
 
 enum spdk_reactor_state {
-	SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_INVALID = 0,
+	SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_UNINITIALIZED = 0,
 	SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_INITIALIZED = 1,
 	SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_RUNNING = 2,
 	SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_EXITING = 3,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct spdk_reactor {
 
 static struct spdk_reactor *g_reactors;
 static struct spdk_cpuset *g_reactor_core_mask;
-static enum spdk_reactor_state	g_reactor_state = SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_INVALID;
+static enum spdk_reactor_state	g_reactor_state = SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_UNINITIALIZED;
 
 static bool g_framework_monitor_context_switch_enabled = true;
 
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ spdk_reactors_fini(void)
 	uint32_t i;
 	struct spdk_reactor *reactor;
 
+	if (g_reactor_state == SPDK_REACTOR_STATE_UNINITIALIZED) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	spdk_thread_lib_fini();
 
 	SPDK_ENV_FOREACH_CORE(i) {