diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
index 62e20863d4..211ab221e6 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ private[akka] class ActorSystemImpl(
       }
     }
 
+    // eager initialization of CoordinatedShutdown
+    CoordinatedShutdown(this)
+
     loadExtensions("akka.library-extensions", throwOnLoadFail = true)
     loadExtensions("akka.extensions", throwOnLoadFail = false)
   }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/CoordinatedShutdown.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/CoordinatedShutdown.scala
index fcb30d7f25..472537317d 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/CoordinatedShutdown.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/CoordinatedShutdown.scala
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ final class CoordinatedShutdown private[akka] (
 
   /**
    * Scala API: Add a JVM shutdown hook that will be run when the JVM process
-   * begins its shutdown sequence. Added hooks may run in an order
+   * begins its shutdown sequence. Added hooks may run in any order
    * concurrently, but they are running before Akka internal shutdown
    * hooks, e.g. those shutting down Artery.
    */
@@ -382,11 +382,16 @@ final class CoordinatedShutdown private[akka] (
       val currentLatch = _jvmHooksLatch.get
       val newLatch = new CountDownLatch(currentLatch.getCount.toInt + 1)
       if (_jvmHooksLatch.compareAndSet(currentLatch, newLatch)) {
-        Runtime.getRuntime.addShutdownHook(new Thread {
+        try Runtime.getRuntime.addShutdownHook(new Thread {
           override def run(): Unit = {
             try hook() finally _jvmHooksLatch.get.countDown()
           }
-        })
+        }) catch {
+          case e: IllegalStateException ⇒
+            // Shutdown in progress, if CoordinatedShutdown is created via a JVM shutdown hook (Artery)
+            log.warning("Could not addJvmShutdownHook, due to: {}", e.getMessage)
+            _jvmHooksLatch.get.countDown()
+        }
       } else
         addJvmShutdownHook(hook) // lost CAS, retry
     }
diff --git a/akka-multi-node-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala b/akka-multi-node-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
index fa9b723c3f..d4607b07b9 100644
--- a/akka-multi-node-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-multi-node-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ object MultiNodeSpec {
         loggers = ["akka.testkit.TestEventListener"]
         loglevel = "WARNING"
         stdout-loglevel = "WARNING"
+        coordinated-shutdown.run-by-jvm-shutdown-hook = off
         actor {
           default-dispatcher {
             executor = "fork-join-executor"
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
index 48e26b3e3f..45d2c13093 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ private[remote] class ArteryTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider: R
    */
   private[this] val _inboundCompressions = {
     if (settings.Advanced.Compression.Enabled) {
-      println(s"settings.Advanced.Compression.Enabled = ${settings.Advanced.Compression.Enabled}")
       val eventSink = createFlightRecorderEventSink(synchr = false)
       new InboundCompressionsImpl(system, this, settings.Advanced.Compression, eventSink)
     } else NoInboundCompressions