diff --git a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
index d1fb1428da..c9cb306f55 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import gc
 import os
 import socket
 import time
@@ -18,7 +17,8 @@ from rq.defaults import DEFAULT_WORKER_TTL
 from rq.exceptions import NoSuchJobError
 from rq.job import Job, JobStatus
 from rq.logutils import setup_loghandlers
-from rq.worker import DequeueStrategy, WorkerStatus
+from rq.timeouts import JobTimeoutException
+from rq.worker import DequeueStrategy, StopRequested, WorkerStatus
 from rq.worker_pool import WorkerPool
 from tenacity import retry, retry_if_exception_type, stop_after_attempt, wait_fixed
 
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ class FrappeWorker(Worker):
 		self.disable_forking = disable_forking
 		self.start_frappe_scheduler()
 		kwargs["with_scheduler"] = False  # Always disable RQ scheduler
+		self.push_exc_handler(self.no_fork_exception_handler)
 		return super().work(*args, **kwargs)
 
 	def run_maintenance_tasks(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -387,6 +388,12 @@ class FrappeWorker(Worker):
 		else:
 			return int(job.timeout or DEFAULT_WORKER_TTL) + 60
 
+	def no_fork_exception_handler(self, job, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+		if self.disable_forking and isinstance(exc_value, JobTimeoutException):
+			# This is done to avoid polluting global state from partial executions.
+			# More such cases MIGHT surface and this is where they should be handled.
+			raise StopRequested
+
 
 def start_worker_pool(
 	queue: str | None = None,