diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index a900b07a80..8e6d91bc50 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ class BBCooker:
         if self.state == state.running:
             return
 
-        if self.state in (state.shutdown, state.forceshutdown):
+        if self.state in (state.shutdown, state.forceshutdown, state.error):
             if hasattr(self.parser, 'shutdown'):
                 self.parser.shutdown(clean=False, force = True)
             raise bb.BBHandledException()