diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/prepareNextSlot.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/prepareNextSlot.ts
index 040783185a0..e15d159f43b 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/prepareNextSlot.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/prepareNextSlot.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {GENESIS_SLOT, ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../constants/constants.js";
 import {Metrics} from "../metrics/index.js";
 import {TransitionConfigurationV1} from "../execution/engine/interface.js";
 import {ClockEvent} from "../util/clock.js";
+import {isQueueErrorAborted} from "../util/queue/index.js";
 import {prepareExecutionPayload, getPayloadAttributesForSSE} from "./produceBlock/produceBlockBody.js";
 import {IBeaconChain} from "./interface.js";
 import {RegenCaller} from "./regen/index.js";
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ export class PrepareNextSlotScheduler {
         }
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      if (!isErrorAborted(e)) {
+      if (!isErrorAborted(e) && !isQueueErrorAborted(e)) {
         this.metrics?.precomputeNextEpochTransition.count.inc({result: "error"}, 1);
         this.logger.error("Failed to run prepareForNextSlot", {nextEpoch, isEpochTransition, prepareSlot}, e as Error);
       }