diff --git a/src/api/callback.cc b/src/api/callback.cc
index 156fd5b6d6ee03..3a8bd9155a8545 100644
--- a/src/api/callback.cc
+++ b/src/api/callback.cc
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ void InternalCallbackScope::Close() {
   // async id stack or pop the topmost one from it
 
   auto perform_stopping_check = [&]() {
-    if (!env_->can_call_into_js()) {
+    if (env_->is_stopping()) {
       MarkAsFailed();
       env_->async_hooks()->clear_async_id_stack();
     }
   };
   perform_stopping_check();
 
-  if (!env_->can_call_into_js()) return;
+  if (env_->is_stopping()) return;
 
   Isolate* isolate = env_->isolate();
   auto idle = OnScopeLeave([&]() { isolate->SetIdle(true); });
diff --git a/src/api/environment.cc b/src/api/environment.cc
index 389c6666dc6966..19c50398fa3da5 100644
--- a/src/api/environment.cc
+++ b/src/api/environment.cc
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ ThreadId AllocateEnvironmentThreadId() {
 }
 
 void DefaultProcessExitHandlerInternal(Environment* env, ExitCode exit_code) {
+  env->set_stopping(true);
   env->set_can_call_into_js(false);
   env->stop_sub_worker_contexts();
   env->isolate()->DumpAndResetStats();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-unhandled-exception-with-worker-inuse.js b/test/parallel/test-unhandled-exception-with-worker-inuse.js
index 463aafad6a76b4..a3e823ca70bf0f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-unhandled-exception-with-worker-inuse.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-unhandled-exception-with-worker-inuse.js
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ const common = require('../common');
 
 // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/45421
 //
-// Check that node will not call v8::Isolate::SetIdle() when exiting
+// Check that node will NOT call v8::Isolate::SetIdle() when exiting
 // due to an unhandled exception, otherwise the assertion(enabled in
-// debug build only) in the SetIdle() will fail.
+// debug build only) in the SetIdle(), which checks that the vm state
+// is either EXTERNAL or IDLE will fail.
 //
 // The root cause of this issue is that before PerIsolateMessageListener()
-// is invoked by v8, v8 preserves the vm state, which is JS. However,
-// SetIdle() requires the vm state is either EXTERNAL or IDLE when embedder
-// calling it.
+// is invoked by v8, v8 preserves the JS vm state, although it should
+// switch to EXTERNEL. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=13464
+//
+// Therefore, this commit can be considered as an workaround of the v8 bug,
+// but we also find it not useful to call SetIdle() when terminating.
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');