diff --git a/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl b/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
index 7d2c4f3876..27ae8ff9be 100755
--- a/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
+++ b/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
@@ -127,10 +127,11 @@ while (1) {
 
         # FIXME This means we need to have create the DB entry before
         # It could work in a first step, but then we will want to handle job that will be created from the message received
-        my $job = Koha::BackgroundJobs->find($args->{job_id});
+        my $job = Koha::BackgroundJobs->search( { id => $args->{job_id}, status => 'new' } )->next;
 
-        unless ( $job ) {
-            Koha::Logger->get({ interface => 'worker' })->warn(sprintf "No job found for id=%s", $args->{job_id});
+        unless( $job ) {
+            Koha::Logger->get( { interface => 'worker' } )
+                ->warn( sprintf "Job %s not found, or has wrong status", $args->{job_id} );
             next;
         }