diff --git a/src/nvim/event/process.c b/src/nvim/event/process.c
index 4eb2dd0baf..a06f5f4ff3 100644
--- a/src/nvim/event/process.c
+++ b/src/nvim/event/process.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ void process_close_streams(Process *proc) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
 int process_wait(Process *proc, int ms, MultiQueue *events)
   FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(1)
 {
-  bool interrupted = false;
   if (!proc->refcount) {
     int status = proc->status;
     LOOP_PROCESS_EVENTS(proc->loop, proc->events, 0);
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ int process_wait(Process *proc, int ms, MultiQueue *events)
   // we'll assume that a user frantically hitting interrupt doesn't like
   // the current job. Signal that it has to be killed.
   if (got_int) {
-    interrupted = true;
     got_int = false;
     process_stop(proc);
     if (ms == -1) {
@@ -184,14 +182,13 @@ int process_wait(Process *proc, int ms, MultiQueue *events)
     } else {
       LOOP_PROCESS_EVENTS(proc->loop, events, 0);
     }
+
+    proc->status = -2;
   }
 
   if (proc->refcount == 1) {
     // Job exited, collect status and manually invoke close_cb to free the job
     // resources
-    if (interrupted) {
-      proc->status = -2;
-    }
     decref(proc);
     if (events) {
       // the decref call created an exit event, process it now
diff --git a/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua b/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua
index 50feb41d1a..e3c93d4b5a 100644
--- a/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ describe('jobs', function()
       eq({'notification', 'wait', {{-3, 5}}}, next_msg())
     end)
 
-    it('will return -2 when interrupted', function()
+    it('will return -2 when interrupted without timeout', function()
       feed_command('call rpcnotify(g:channel, "ready") | '..
               'call rpcnotify(g:channel, "wait", '..
               'jobwait([jobstart("sleep 10; exit 55")]))')
@@ -506,6 +506,15 @@ describe('jobs', function()
       eq({'notification', 'wait', {{-2}}}, next_msg())
     end)
 
+    it('will return -2 when interrupted with timeout', function()
+      feed_command('call rpcnotify(g:channel, "ready") | '..
+              'call rpcnotify(g:channel, "wait", '..
+              'jobwait([jobstart("sleep 10; exit 55")], 10000))')
+      eq({'notification', 'ready', {}}, next_msg())
+      feed('<c-c>')
+      eq({'notification', 'wait', {{-2}}}, next_msg())
+    end)
+
     it('can be called recursively', function()
       if helpers.pending_win32(pending) then return end  -- TODO: Need `cat`.
       source([[