diff --git a/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs b/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
index 581adfa47a..126f1ac4dd 100644
--- a/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,9 @@ where
             .executor
             .forkserver_mut()
             .write_ctl(last_run_timed_out)?;
+
+        self.executor.forkserver_mut().set_last_run_timed_out(0);
+
         if send_len != 4 {
             return Err(Error::Forkserver(
                 "Unable to request new process from fork server (OOM?)".to_string(),