diff --git a/cache/dynacache/dynacache.go b/cache/dynacache/dynacache.go
index 5007e27baac..a906a0dd315 100644
--- a/cache/dynacache/dynacache.go
+++ b/cache/dynacache/dynacache.go
@@ -430,12 +430,25 @@ func (p *Partition[K, V]) doGetOrCreateWitTimeout(key K, duration time.Duration,
 	errch := make(chan error, 1)
 
 	go func() {
-		v, _, err := p.c.GetOrCreate(key, create)
-		if err != nil {
-			errch <- err
-			return
-		}
-		resultch <- v
+		var (
+			v   V
+			err error
+		)
+		defer func() {
+			if r := recover(); r != nil {
+				if rerr, ok := r.(error); ok {
+					err = rerr
+				} else {
+					err = fmt.Errorf("panic: %v", r)
+				}
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				errch <- err
+			} else {
+				resultch <- v
+			}
+		}()
+		v, _, err = p.c.GetOrCreate(key, create)
 	}()
 
 	select {
diff --git a/cache/dynacache/dynacache_test.go b/cache/dynacache/dynacache_test.go
index 9a932729b23..87239479b86 100644
--- a/cache/dynacache/dynacache_test.go
+++ b/cache/dynacache/dynacache_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package dynacache
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -174,18 +175,47 @@ func TestPanicInCreate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	p1 := GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "/aaaa/bbbb", OptionsPartition{Weight: 30, ClearWhen: ClearOnRebuild})
 
+	willPanic := func(i int) func() {
+		return func() {
+			p1.GetOrCreate(fmt.Sprintf("panic-%d", i), func(key string) (testItem, error) {
+				panic(errors.New(key))
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// GetOrCreateWitTimeout needs to recover from panics in the create func.
+	willErr := func(i int) error {
+		_, err := p1.GetOrCreateWitTimeout(fmt.Sprintf("error-%d", i), 10*time.Second, func(key string) (testItem, error) {
+			return testItem{}, errors.New(key)
+		})
+		return err
+	}
+
 	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
 		for j := 0; j < 3; j++ {
-			_, err := p1.GetOrCreate(fmt.Sprintf("panic1-%d", i), func(string) (testItem, error) {
-				panic("failed")
-			})
+			c.Assert(willPanic(i), qt.PanicMatches, fmt.Sprintf("panic-%d", i))
+			c.Assert(willErr(i), qt.ErrorMatches, fmt.Sprintf("error-%d", i))
+		}
+	}
 
-			c.Assert(err, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+	// Test the same keys again without the panic.
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < 3; j++ {
+			v, err := p1.GetOrCreate(fmt.Sprintf("panic-%d", i), func(key string) (testItem, error) {
+				return testItem{
+					name: key,
+				}, nil
+			})
+			c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+			c.Assert(v.name, qt.Equals, fmt.Sprintf("panic-%d", i))
 
-			_, err = p1.GetOrCreateWitTimeout(fmt.Sprintf("panic2-%d", i), 10*time.Second, func(string) (testItem, error) {
-				panic("failed")
+			v, err = p1.GetOrCreateWitTimeout(fmt.Sprintf("error-%d", i), 10*time.Second, func(key string) (testItem, error) {
+				return testItem{
+					name: key,
+				}, nil
 			})
-			c.Assert(err, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+			c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+			c.Assert(v.name, qt.Equals, fmt.Sprintf("error-%d", i))
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3f5d4a707f8..108241dc546 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bep/gowebp v0.3.0
 	github.com/bep/helpers v0.5.0
 	github.com/bep/imagemeta v0.8.1
-	github.com/bep/lazycache v0.6.0
+	github.com/bep/lazycache v0.7.0
 	github.com/bep/logg v0.4.0
 	github.com/bep/mclib v1.20400.20402
 	github.com/bep/overlayfs v0.9.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6346fb09951..cfc34880b2b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ github.com/bep/lazycache v0.4.0 h1:X8yVyWNVupPd4e1jV7efi3zb7ZV/qcjKQgIQ5aPbkYI=
 github.com/bep/lazycache v0.4.0/go.mod h1:NmRm7Dexh3pmR1EignYR8PjO2cWybFQ68+QgY3VMCSc=
 github.com/bep/lazycache v0.6.0 h1:0vCgFo7TBtMQpSx64jnH1sagmw0ZougIFRpsqPHTa5U=
 github.com/bep/lazycache v0.6.0/go.mod h1:NmRm7Dexh3pmR1EignYR8PjO2cWybFQ68+QgY3VMCSc=
+github.com/bep/lazycache v0.7.0 h1:VM257SkkjcR9z55eslXTkUIX8QMNKoqQRNKV/4xIkCY=
+github.com/bep/lazycache v0.7.0/go.mod h1:NmRm7Dexh3pmR1EignYR8PjO2cWybFQ68+QgY3VMCSc=
 github.com/bep/logg v0.4.0 h1:luAo5mO4ZkhA5M1iDVDqDqnBBnlHjmtZF6VAyTp+nCQ=
 github.com/bep/logg v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Ccp9yP3wbR1mm++Kpxet91hAZBEQgmWgFgnXX3GkIV0=
 github.com/bep/mclib v1.20400.20402 h1:olpCE2WSPpOAbFE1R4hnftSEmQ34+xzy2HRzd0m69rA=