diff --git a/framework/jobs/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/framework/jobs/impl/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java b/framework/jobs/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/framework/jobs/impl/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
index 7672b9dc6f97..05cd763d2f2a 100644
--- a/framework/jobs/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/framework/jobs/impl/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
+++ b/framework/jobs/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/framework/jobs/impl/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements AsyncJobManager,
     private volatile long _executionRunNumber = 1;
 
     private final ScheduledExecutorService _heartbeatScheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1, new NamedThreadFactory("AsyncJobMgr-Heartbeat"));
+    private final ExecutorService _eventBusPublisher = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(new NamedThreadFactory("AsyncJobMgr-EventBus"));
     private ExecutorService _apiJobExecutor;
     private ExecutorService _workerJobExecutor;
 
@@ -1378,6 +1379,7 @@ public boolean start() {
     @Override
     public boolean stop() {
         _heartbeatScheduler.shutdown();
+        _eventBusPublisher.shutdown();
         _apiJobExecutor.shutdown();
         _workerJobExecutor.shutdown();
         return true;
@@ -1397,8 +1399,22 @@ protected AsyncJobManagerImpl() {
     }
 
     private void publishOnEventBus(AsyncJob job, String jobEvent) {
-        _messageBus.publish(null, AsyncJob.Topics.JOB_EVENT_PUBLISH, PublishScope.LOCAL,
-            new Pair<AsyncJob, String>(job, jobEvent));
+        try {
+            _eventBusPublisher.submit(new ManagedContextRunnable() {
+                @Override
+                protected void runInContext() {
+                    try {
+                        _messageBus.publish(null, AsyncJob.Topics.JOB_EVENT_PUBLISH, PublishScope.LOCAL,
+                                new Pair<>(job, jobEvent));
+                    } catch (Throwable t) {
+                        logger.warn("Failed to publish async job event on message bus. jobId={}, jobEvent={}",
+                                job != null ? job.getId() : null, jobEvent, t);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
+            logger.warn("Failed to publish async job event, event bus publisher is shut down", e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override