diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/flow/support/state/SplitState.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/flow/support/state/SplitState.java
index 0de11a3489..c9ab0c0152 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/flow/support/state/SplitState.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/flow/support/state/SplitState.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ public FlowExecutionStatus handle(final FlowExecutor executor) throws Exception
 		FlowExecutionStatus parentSplitStatus = parentSplit == null ? null : parentSplit.handle(executor);
 
 		Collection<FlowExecution> results = new ArrayList<>();
-
+		List<Exception> exceptions = new ArrayList<>();
 		// Could use a CompletionService here?
 		for (Future<FlowExecution> task : tasks) {
 			try {
@@ -129,14 +130,18 @@ public FlowExecutionStatus handle(final FlowExecutor executor) throws Exception
 				// Unwrap the expected exceptions
 				Throwable cause = e.getCause();
 				if (cause instanceof Exception) {
-					throw (Exception) cause;
+					exceptions.add((Exception) cause);
 				}
 				else {
-					throw e;
+					exceptions.add(e);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (!exceptions.isEmpty()) {
+			throw exceptions.get(0);
+		}
+
 		FlowExecutionStatus flowExecutionStatus = doAggregation(results, executor);
 		if (parentSplitStatus != null) {
 			return Collections.max(Arrays.asList(flowExecutionStatus, parentSplitStatus));
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/builder/FlowJobBuilderTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/builder/FlowJobBuilderTests.java
index 14e61a58a0..c3dea9e369 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/builder/FlowJobBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/builder/FlowJobBuilderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 package org.springframework.batch.core.job.builder;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus;
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.StepSupport;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.builder.StepBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.ResourcelessTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
@@ -369,4 +374,38 @@ public JdbcTransactionManager transactionManager(DataSource dataSource) {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testBuildSplitWithParallelFlow() throws InterruptedException {
+		CountDownLatch countDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+		Step longExecutingStep = new StepBuilder("longExecutingStep", jobRepository).tasklet((stepContribution, b) -> {
+			Thread.sleep(500L);
+			return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
+		}, new ResourcelessTransactionManager()).build();
+
+		Step interruptedStep = new StepBuilder("interruptedStep", jobRepository).tasklet((stepContribution, b) -> {
+			stepContribution.getStepExecution().setTerminateOnly();
+			return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
+		}, new ResourcelessTransactionManager()).build();
+
+		Step nonExecutableStep = new StepBuilder("nonExecutableStep", jobRepository).tasklet((stepContribution, b) -> {
+			countDownLatch.countDown();
+			return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
+		}, new ResourcelessTransactionManager()).build();
+
+		Flow twoStepFlow = new FlowBuilder<SimpleFlow>("twoStepFlow").start(longExecutingStep)
+			.next(nonExecutableStep)
+			.build();
+		Flow interruptedFlow = new FlowBuilder<SimpleFlow>("interruptedFlow").start(interruptedStep).build();
+
+		Flow splitFlow = new FlowBuilder<Flow>("splitFlow").split(new SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor())
+			.add(interruptedFlow, twoStepFlow)
+			.build();
+		FlowJobBuilder jobBuilder = new JobBuilder("job", jobRepository).start(splitFlow).build();
+		jobBuilder.preventRestart().build().execute(execution);
+
+		boolean isExecutedNonExecutableStep = countDownLatch.await(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.STOPPED, execution.getStatus());
+		Assertions.assertFalse(isExecutedNonExecutableStep);
+	}
+
 }