Fast-synced node crushes

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System information

Geth version: 1.9.25
OS & Version: Windows 10

Expected behaviour

Fast synced geth starts and works as local node

Actual behaviour

Fast synced geth throws the error at startup

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

and shuts down then

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

runs w/admin privs as follow

Z:\gth\geth.exe --datadir ".\data" --syncmode fast --cache 1024 --http --http.addr 127.0.0.1 --http.port 8545

Backtrace

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal 0xc0000005 code=0x0 addr=0x0 pc=0xd5717a]

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types.(*Block).Root(...)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types/block.go:336
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core.(*BlockChain).SetHeadBeyondRoot.func1(0x217217b5a68, 0xc000099f60, 0xc008ed8480, 0x217217b5a68, 0xc000099f60)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/blockchain.go:528 +0x31a
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core.(*BlockChain).SetHeadBeyondRoot(0xc0000df900, 0xb0ec07, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/blockchain.go:606 +0x2a8
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core.(*BlockChain).SetHead(...)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/blockchain.go:484
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core.NewBlockChain(0x1b357a0, 0xc000099f60, 0xc0018102d0, 0x1649020, 0x1b33260, 0xc0003696c0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, ...)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/blockchain.go:310 +0x1b18
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth.New(0xc00029b2b0, 0xc000125200, 0x1636ba0, 0x1, 0x1)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/backend.go:175 +0xae5
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils.RegisterEthService(0xc00029b2b0, 0xc000125200, 0x0, 0x1)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils/flags.go:1701 +0xec
main.makeFullNode(0xc00029c2c0, 0x18ff47f, 0x1, 0xc000005b80)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/geth/config.go:165 +0xfe
main.geth(0xc00029c2c0, 0x0, 0x0)
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/geth/main.go:354 +0x105
gopkg.in/urfave/cli%2ev1.HandleAction(0x1730e40, 0x19db098, 0xc00029c2c0, 0xc00007ae40, 0x0)
        gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1@v1.20.0/app.go:490 +0x89
gopkg.in/urfave/cli%2ev1.(*App).Run(0xc00008e9c0, 0xc0000d8000, 0xc, 0x10, 0x0, 0x0)
        gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1@v1.20.0/app.go:264 +0x5f5
main.main()
        github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/geth/main.go:273 +0x5c

Thanks in advance!