diff --git a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
index 1e31934f1581c..008d01b0aa416 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ void shutdown_executor(void) /* {{{ */
 	zend_shutdown_executor_values(fast_shutdown);
 
 	zend_weakrefs_shutdown();
-	zend_max_execution_timer_shutdown();
 	zend_fiber_shutdown();
 
 	zend_try {
diff --git a/Zend/zend_max_execution_timer.c b/Zend/zend_max_execution_timer.c
index b1c83e9cbb3a6..3c07ea7908104 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_max_execution_timer.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_max_execution_timer.c
@@ -35,18 +35,25 @@
 
 ZEND_API void zend_max_execution_timer_init(void) /* {{{ */
 {
+	pid_t pid = getpid();
+
+	if (EG(pid) == pid) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	struct sigevent sev;
 	sev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_THREAD_ID;
 	sev.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &EG(max_execution_timer_timer);
 	sev.sigev_signo = SIGRTMIN;
 	sev.sigev_notify_thread_id = (pid_t) syscall(SYS_gettid);
 
-	EG(pid) = getpid();
 	// Measure wall time instead of CPU time as originally planned now that it is possible https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/6504#issuecomment-1370303727
 	if (timer_create(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &sev, &EG(max_execution_timer_timer)) != 0) {
 		zend_strerror_noreturn(E_ERROR, errno, "Could not create timer");
 	}
 
+	EG(pid) = pid;
+
 #  ifdef MAX_EXECUTION_TIMERS_DEBUG
 		fprintf(stderr, "Timer %#jx created on thread %d\n", (uintmax_t) EG(max_execution_timer_timer), sev.sigev_notify_thread_id);
 #  endif