diff --git a/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/js_valkey.rs b/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/js_valkey.rs
index 5a592cd7ad0e..026190d9578d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/js_valkey.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/js_valkey.rs
@@ -1382,6 +1382,13 @@ impl JSValkeyClient {
         let _socket_ref = unsafe { ScopedRef::adopt(self.as_ctx_ptr()) };
         let _defer = scopeguard::guard(BackRef::new(self), |p| p.update_poll_ref());
 
+        // Reached from `ValkeyClient::on_close()`'s stopped-VM branch during
+        // worker shutdown; the ref adoption above is the only thing that must
+        // still run.
+        if self.vm().script_execution_status() != jsc::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         let Some(this_jsvalue) = self.this_value.get().try_get() else {
             return Ok(());
         };
diff --git a/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/valkey.rs b/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/valkey.rs
index cd183884c1bb..5d7d1ad88ed1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/valkey.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/valkey_jsc/valkey.rs
@@ -651,6 +651,26 @@ impl ValkeyClient {
         self.unregister_auto_flusher();
         self.write_buffer.clear_and_free();
 
+        // Worker shutdown's socket-group drain reaches here with the VM
+        // stopped and a TerminationException still pending; every branch below
+        // materialises a coded JS error, which lazily initialises
+        // `nodeErrorCache` under a DeferTermination scope and trips
+        // `ASSERT(vm.hasTerminationRequest())`. Drop the queues without
+        // building errors and release the socket ref.
+        if self.vm.script_execution_status() != bun_jsc::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running {
+            let mut pending =
+                core::mem::replace(&mut self.in_flight, command::promise_pair::Queue::init());
+            let mut entries = core::mem::replace(&mut self.queue, command::entry::Queue::init());
+            while let Some(pair) = pending.read_item() {
+                drop(pair);
+            }
+            while let Some(cmd) = entries.read_item() {
+                drop(cmd);
+            }
+            self.on_valkey_close()?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         // If manually closing, don't attempt to reconnect
         if self.flags.is_manually_closed {
             debug!("skip reconnecting since the connection is manually closed");
diff --git a/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts b/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts
index 6b9f7c1b3366..b63d13df0857 100644
--- a/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts
@@ -402,6 +402,92 @@ test.skipIf(!isDebug)(
   120_000,
 );
 
+// Regression: worker shutdown's socket-group drain fires valkey's on_close,
+// which built a coded JS Error for every in-flight command. With a
+// TerminationException still pending and hasTerminationRequest() already
+// cleared for process.on('exit'), the first coded error in that worker
+// lazily initialised nodeErrorCache under a DeferTermination scope and
+// tripped ASSERT(vm.hasTerminationRequest()) in VMTraps::deferTerminationSlow,
+// SIGABRTing the whole process. Release WebKit compiles that ASSERT out.
+test.skipIf(!isDebug)(
+  "terminate() while a worker's Bun.RedisClient has commands in flight does not trip deferTerminationSlow's ASSERT",
+  async () => {
+    // Each worker connects to an inline RESP3 responder in the parent, keeps
+    // 2000 INCRs in flight, and is terminated once it reports hot. The
+    // socket-group drain at shutdown then hits on_close with the in-flight
+    // queue full. Unpatched debug builds abort within the first few iterations.
+    const ITER = 20;
+    await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [
+        bunExe(),
+        "-e",
+        `
+        const { Worker } = require("node:worker_threads");
+        const HELLO = "%3\\r\\n+server\\r\\n+fake\\r\\n+version\\r\\n+7.4.0\\r\\n+proto\\r\\n:3\\r\\n";
+        const server = Bun.listen({
+          hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 0,
+          socket: {
+            open(s) { s.helloDone = false; },
+            data(s, d) {
+              let out = "";
+              for (const line of d.toString("latin1").split("\\r\\n")) {
+                if (line[0] !== "*") continue;
+                out += s.helloDone ? ":1\\r\\n" : HELLO;
+                s.helloDone = true;
+              }
+              if (out) s.write(out);
+            },
+            close() {}, error() {},
+          },
+        });
+        const url = "redis://127.0.0.1:" + server.port;
+        const src =
+          "const { parentPort, workerData: d } = require('node:worker_threads');" +
+          "const c = new Bun.RedisClient(d.url, { autoReconnect: d.reconnect });" +
+          "await c.connect();" +
+          "parentPort.postMessage('hot');" +
+          "for (;;) {" +
+          "  const ps = [];" +
+          "  for (let i = 0; i < 2000; i++) ps.push(c.incr('k').catch(() => {}));" +
+          "  await Promise.all(ps);" +
+          "}";
+        function ready(w) {
+          return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+            w.once("message", res);
+            w.once("error", rej);
+            w.once("exit", (c) => rej(new Error("worker exited " + c + " before ready")));
+          });
+        }
+        let done = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < ${ITER}; i++) {
+          const w = new Worker(src, {
+            eval: true,
+            workerData: { url, reconnect: i % 2 === 0 },
+          });
+          await ready(w);
+          w.on("error", () => {});
+          await Bun.sleep((i * 7) % 60);
+          await w.terminate();
+          done++;
+        }
+        server.stop(true);
+        if (done !== ${ITER}) throw new Error("only " + done + "/${ITER} terminated");
+        console.log("PASS");
+      `,
+      ],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+
+    const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+    expect(stderr).toBe("");
+    expect(stdout).toBe("PASS\n");
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  },
+  120_000,
+);
+
 // Regression: Bun__handleUncaughtException probed process._fatalException (a
 // JS get(), where the worker's termination trap fires) and then called
 // wrapped.emit("uncaughtException") with the sticky TerminationException