diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 640fbdf8a8..5ab020b213 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ static struct {
     platform_->DrainBackgroundTasks(isolate);
   }
 
+  void CancelVMTasks(Isolate* isolate) {
+    platform_->CancelPendingDelayedTasks(isolate);
+  }
+
 #if HAVE_INSPECTOR
   bool StartInspector(Environment *env, const char* script_path,
                       const node::DebugOptions& options) {
@@ -321,6 +325,7 @@ static struct {
   void Initialize(int thread_pool_size) {}
   void Dispose() {}
   void DrainVMTasks(Isolate* isolate) {}
+  void CancelVMTasks(Isolate* isolate) {}
   bool StartInspector(Environment *env, const char* script_path,
                       const node::DebugOptions& options) {
     env->ThrowError("Node compiled with NODE_USE_V8_PLATFORM=0");
@@ -4924,6 +4929,7 @@ inline int Start(Isolate* isolate, IsolateData* isolate_data,
   uv_key_delete(&thread_local_env);
 
   v8_platform.DrainVMTasks(isolate);
+  v8_platform.CancelVMTasks(isolate);
   WaitForInspectorDisconnect(&env);
 #if defined(LEAK_SANITIZER)
   __lsan_do_leak_check();
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 7531c97a33..511dcb6242 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ class MultiIsolatePlatform : public v8::Platform {
  public:
   virtual ~MultiIsolatePlatform() { }
   virtual void DrainBackgroundTasks(v8::Isolate* isolate) = 0;
+  virtual void CancelPendingDelayedTasks(v8::Isolate* isolate) = 0;
 
   // These will be called by the `IsolateData` creation/destruction functions.
   virtual void RegisterIsolate(IsolateData* isolate_data,
diff --git a/src/node_platform.cc b/src/node_platform.cc
index ec2fca6c41..7cec43cbf4 100644
--- a/src/node_platform.cc
+++ b/src/node_platform.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "env.h"
 #include "env-inl.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace node {
 
@@ -45,13 +46,17 @@ void PerIsolatePlatformData::CallOnForegroundThread(Task* task) {
 
 void PerIsolatePlatformData::CallDelayedOnForegroundThread(
     Task* task, double delay_in_seconds) {
-  auto pair = new std::pair<Task*, double>(task, delay_in_seconds);
-  foreground_delayed_tasks_.Push(pair);
+  auto delayed = new DelayedTask();
+  delayed->task = task;
+  delayed->platform_data = this;
+  delayed->timeout = delay_in_seconds;
+  foreground_delayed_tasks_.Push(delayed);
   uv_async_send(flush_tasks_);
 }
 
 PerIsolatePlatformData::~PerIsolatePlatformData() {
   FlushForegroundTasksInternal();
+  CancelPendingDelayedTasks();
 
   uv_close(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(flush_tasks_),
            [](uv_handle_t* handle) {
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ size_t NodePlatform::NumberOfAvailableBackgroundThreads() {
   return threads_.size();
 }
 
-static void RunForegroundTask(Task* task) {
+void PerIsolatePlatformData::RunForegroundTask(Task* task) {
   Isolate* isolate = Isolate::GetCurrent();
   HandleScope scope(isolate);
   Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(isolate);
@@ -130,14 +135,29 @@ static void RunForegroundTask(Task* task) {
   delete task;
 }
 
-static void RunForegroundTask(uv_timer_t* handle) {
-  Task* task = static_cast<Task*>(handle->data);
-  RunForegroundTask(task);
-  uv_close(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(handle), [](uv_handle_t* handle) {
-    delete reinterpret_cast<uv_timer_t*>(handle);
+void PerIsolatePlatformData::RunForegroundTask(uv_timer_t* handle) {
+  DelayedTask* delayed = static_cast<DelayedTask*>(handle->data);
+  auto& tasklist = delayed->platform_data->scheduled_delayed_tasks_;
+  auto it = std::find(tasklist.begin(), tasklist.end(), delayed);
+  CHECK_NE(it, tasklist.end());
+  tasklist.erase(it);
+  RunForegroundTask(delayed->task);
+  uv_close(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(&delayed->timer),
+           [](uv_handle_t* handle) {
+    delete static_cast<DelayedTask*>(handle->data);
   });
 }
 
+void PerIsolatePlatformData::CancelPendingDelayedTasks() {
+  for (auto delayed : scheduled_delayed_tasks_) {
+    uv_close(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(&delayed->timer),
+             [](uv_handle_t* handle) {
+      delete static_cast<DelayedTask*>(handle->data);
+    });
+  }
+  scheduled_delayed_tasks_.clear();
+}
+
 void NodePlatform::DrainBackgroundTasks(Isolate* isolate) {
   PerIsolatePlatformData* per_isolate = ForIsolate(isolate);
 
@@ -152,18 +172,18 @@ void NodePlatform::DrainBackgroundTasks(Isolate* isolate) {
 
 bool PerIsolatePlatformData::FlushForegroundTasksInternal() {
   bool did_work = false;
+
   while (auto delayed = foreground_delayed_tasks_.Pop()) {
     did_work = true;
     uint64_t delay_millis =
-        static_cast<uint64_t>(delayed->second + 0.5) * 1000;
-    uv_timer_t* handle = new uv_timer_t();
-    handle->data = static_cast<void*>(delayed->first);
-    uv_timer_init(loop_, handle);
+        static_cast<uint64_t>(delayed->timeout + 0.5) * 1000;
+    delayed->timer.data = static_cast<void*>(delayed);
+    uv_timer_init(loop_, &delayed->timer);
     // Timers may not guarantee queue ordering of events with the same delay if
     // the delay is non-zero. This should not be a problem in practice.
-    uv_timer_start(handle, RunForegroundTask, delay_millis, 0);
-    uv_unref(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(handle));
-    delete delayed;
+    uv_timer_start(&delayed->timer, RunForegroundTask, delay_millis, 0);
+    uv_unref(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(&delayed->timer));
+    scheduled_delayed_tasks_.push_back(delayed);
   }
   while (Task* task = foreground_tasks_.Pop()) {
     did_work = true;
@@ -199,6 +219,10 @@ void NodePlatform::FlushForegroundTasks(v8::Isolate* isolate) {
   ForIsolate(isolate)->FlushForegroundTasksInternal();
 }
 
+void NodePlatform::CancelPendingDelayedTasks(v8::Isolate* isolate) {
+  ForIsolate(isolate)->CancelPendingDelayedTasks();
+}
+
 bool NodePlatform::IdleTasksEnabled(Isolate* isolate) { return false; }
 
 double NodePlatform::MonotonicallyIncreasingTime() {
diff --git a/src/node_platform.h b/src/node_platform.h
index aa9bf327d7..73c2509e1a 100644
--- a/src/node_platform.h
+++ b/src/node_platform.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace node {
 
 class NodePlatform;
 class IsolateData;
+class PerIsolatePlatformData;
 
 template <class T>
 class TaskQueue {
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ class TaskQueue {
   std::queue<T*> task_queue_;
 };
 
+struct DelayedTask {
+  v8::Task* task;
+  uv_timer_t timer;
+  double timeout;
+  PerIsolatePlatformData* platform_data;
+};
+
 class PerIsolatePlatformData {
  public:
   PerIsolatePlatformData(v8::Isolate* isolate, uv_loop_t* loop);
@@ -52,15 +60,20 @@ class PerIsolatePlatformData {
 
   // Returns true iff work was dispatched or executed.
   bool FlushForegroundTasksInternal();
+  void CancelPendingDelayedTasks();
+
  private:
   static void FlushTasks(uv_async_t* handle);
+  static void RunForegroundTask(v8::Task* task);
+  static void RunForegroundTask(uv_timer_t* timer);
 
   int ref_count_ = 1;
   v8::Isolate* isolate_;
   uv_loop_t* const loop_;
   uv_async_t* flush_tasks_ = nullptr;
   TaskQueue<v8::Task> foreground_tasks_;
-  TaskQueue<std::pair<v8::Task*, double>> foreground_delayed_tasks_;
+  TaskQueue<DelayedTask> foreground_delayed_tasks_;
+  std::vector<DelayedTask*> scheduled_delayed_tasks_;
 };
 
 class NodePlatform : public MultiIsolatePlatform {
@@ -69,6 +82,7 @@ class NodePlatform : public MultiIsolatePlatform {
   virtual ~NodePlatform() {}
 
   void DrainBackgroundTasks(v8::Isolate* isolate) override;
+  void CancelPendingDelayedTasks(v8::Isolate* isolate) override;
   void Shutdown();
 
   // v8::Platform implementation.
diff --git a/src/node_worker.cc b/src/node_worker.cc
index 03c9f59aae..759e2a8d20 100644
--- a/src/node_worker.cc
+++ b/src/node_worker.cc
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ void Worker::Run() {
         Isolate::DisallowJavascriptExecutionScope::THROW_ON_FAILURE);
 
     platform->DrainBackgroundTasks(isolate_);
+    platform->CancelPendingDelayedTasks(isolate_);
 
     // Grab the parent-to-child channel and render is unusable.
     MessagePort* child_port;