diff --git a/core/object/worker_thread_pool.cpp b/core/object/worker_thread_pool.cpp
index fe7bbd474c3..da503966b18 100644
--- a/core/object/worker_thread_pool.cpp
+++ b/core/object/worker_thread_pool.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ WorkerThreadPool::TaskID WorkerThreadPool::add_native_task(void (*p_func)(void *
 }
 
 WorkerThreadPool::TaskID WorkerThreadPool::_add_task(const Callable &p_callable, void (*p_func)(void *), void *p_userdata, BaseTemplateUserdata *p_template_userdata, bool p_high_priority, const String &p_description) {
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(threads.is_empty(), INVALID_TASK_ID, "Can't add a task because the WorkerThreadPool is either not initialized yet or already terminated.");
+
 	task_mutex.lock();
 	// Get a free task
 	Task *task = task_allocator.alloc();
@@ -538,6 +540,7 @@ void WorkerThreadPool::notify_yield_over(TaskID p_task_id) {
 }
 
 WorkerThreadPool::GroupID WorkerThreadPool::_add_group_task(const Callable &p_callable, void (*p_func)(void *, uint32_t), void *p_userdata, BaseTemplateUserdata *p_template_userdata, int p_elements, int p_tasks, bool p_high_priority, const String &p_description) {
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(threads.is_empty(), INVALID_TASK_ID, "Can't add a group task because the WorkerThreadPool is either not initialized yet or already terminated.");
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(p_elements < 0, INVALID_TASK_ID);
 	if (p_tasks < 0) {
 		p_tasks = MAX(1u, threads.size());
@@ -749,5 +752,5 @@ WorkerThreadPool::WorkerThreadPool() {
 }
 
 WorkerThreadPool::~WorkerThreadPool() {
-	finish();
+	DEV_ASSERT(threads.size() == 0 && "finish() hasn't been called!");
 }
diff --git a/core/register_core_types.cpp b/core/register_core_types.cpp
index c866ff04152..220ed9da313 100644
--- a/core/register_core_types.cpp
+++ b/core/register_core_types.cpp
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ static Time *_time = nullptr;
 static core_bind::Geometry2D *_geometry_2d = nullptr;
 static core_bind::Geometry3D *_geometry_3d = nullptr;
 
-static WorkerThreadPool *worker_thread_pool = nullptr;
-
 extern Mutex _global_mutex;
 
 static GDExtensionManager *gdextension_manager = nullptr;
@@ -297,8 +295,6 @@ void register_core_types() {
 	GDREGISTER_NATIVE_STRUCT(AudioFrame, "float left;float right");
 	GDREGISTER_NATIVE_STRUCT(ScriptLanguageExtensionProfilingInfo, "StringName signature;uint64_t call_count;uint64_t total_time;uint64_t self_time");
 
-	worker_thread_pool = memnew(WorkerThreadPool);
-
 	OS::get_singleton()->benchmark_end_measure("Core", "Register Types");
 }
 
@@ -349,7 +345,7 @@ void register_core_singletons() {
 	Engine::get_singleton()->add_singleton(Engine::Singleton("Time", Time::get_singleton()));
 	Engine::get_singleton()->add_singleton(Engine::Singleton("GDExtensionManager", GDExtensionManager::get_singleton()));
 	Engine::get_singleton()->add_singleton(Engine::Singleton("ResourceUID", ResourceUID::get_singleton()));
-	Engine::get_singleton()->add_singleton(Engine::Singleton("WorkerThreadPool", worker_thread_pool));
+	Engine::get_singleton()->add_singleton(Engine::Singleton("WorkerThreadPool", WorkerThreadPool::get_singleton()));
 
 	OS::get_singleton()->benchmark_end_measure("Core", "Register Singletons");
 }
@@ -382,8 +378,6 @@ void unregister_core_types() {
 
 	// Destroy singletons in reverse order to ensure dependencies are not broken.
 
-	memdelete(worker_thread_pool);
-
 	memdelete(_engine_debugger);
 	memdelete(_marshalls);
 	memdelete(_classdb);
diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index 18ffedef187..9c9542325ef 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ static Engine *engine = nullptr;
 static ProjectSettings *globals = nullptr;
 static Input *input = nullptr;
 static InputMap *input_map = nullptr;
+static WorkerThreadPool *worker_thread_pool = nullptr;
 static TranslationServer *translation_server = nullptr;
 static Performance *performance = nullptr;
 static PackedData *packed_data = nullptr;
@@ -690,6 +691,8 @@ Error Main::test_setup() {
 
 	register_core_settings(); // Here globals are present.
 
+	worker_thread_pool = memnew(WorkerThreadPool);
+
 	translation_server = memnew(TranslationServer);
 	tsman = memnew(TextServerManager);
 
@@ -800,6 +803,8 @@ void Main::test_cleanup() {
 	ResourceSaver::remove_custom_savers();
 	PropertyListHelper::clear_base_helpers();
 
+	WorkerThreadPool::get_singleton()->finish();
+
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	GDExtensionManager::get_singleton()->deinitialize_extensions(GDExtension::INITIALIZATION_LEVEL_EDITOR);
 	uninitialize_modules(MODULE_INITIALIZATION_LEVEL_EDITOR);
@@ -841,6 +846,9 @@ void Main::test_cleanup() {
 	if (physics_server_2d_manager) {
 		memdelete(physics_server_2d_manager);
 	}
+	if (worker_thread_pool) {
+		memdelete(worker_thread_pool);
+	}
 	if (globals) {
 		memdelete(globals);
 	}
@@ -931,6 +939,7 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 
 	register_core_settings(); //here globals are present
 
+	worker_thread_pool = memnew(WorkerThreadPool);
 	translation_server = memnew(TranslationServer);
 	performance = memnew(Performance);
 	GDREGISTER_CLASS(Performance);
@@ -2620,6 +2629,10 @@ error:
 	if (translation_server) {
 		memdelete(translation_server);
 	}
+	if (worker_thread_pool) {
+		worker_thread_pool->finish();
+		memdelete(worker_thread_pool);
+	}
 	if (globals) {
 		memdelete(globals);
 	}
@@ -4501,6 +4514,8 @@ void Main::cleanup(bool p_force) {
 	ResourceLoader::clear_translation_remaps();
 	ResourceLoader::clear_path_remaps();
 
+	WorkerThreadPool::get_singleton()->finish();
+
 	ScriptServer::finish_languages();
 
 	// Sync pending commands that may have been queued from a different thread during ScriptServer finalization
@@ -4591,6 +4606,9 @@ void Main::cleanup(bool p_force) {
 	if (physics_server_2d_manager) {
 		memdelete(physics_server_2d_manager);
 	}
+	if (worker_thread_pool) {
+		memdelete(worker_thread_pool);
+	}
 	if (globals) {
 		memdelete(globals);
 	}