diff --git a/src/workerd/api/tests/BUILD.bazel b/src/workerd/api/tests/BUILD.bazel
index a11facc4e8b..4ced514e608 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/tests/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/workerd/api/tests/BUILD.bazel
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ wd_test(
     data = ["queue-do-uaf-test.js"],
 )
 
+wd_test(
+    src = "queue-send-redirect-hang-test.wd-test",
+    args = ["--experimental"],
+    data = ["queue-send-redirect-hang-test.js"],
+)
+
 wd_test(
     src = "queue-metrics-test.wd-test",
     args = ["--experimental"],
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/tests/queue-send-redirect-hang-test.js b/src/workerd/api/tests/queue-send-redirect-hang-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1839d9d2edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/workerd/api/tests/queue-send-redirect-hang-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Cloudflare, Inc.
+// Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license found in the LICENSE file or at:
+//     https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
+
+// Regression test: a fire-and-forget `env.QUEUE.send()` followed by a 3xx
+// response used to crash workerd inside `IoContext_IncomingRequest::drain()`
+// because the loopback subrequest's `WorkerEntrypoint` was freed while its
+// `requestImpl` coroutine was still running.
+
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+
+export default {
+  async fetch(request, env) {
+    const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);
+
+    if (pathname === '/message') {
+      return Response.json({
+        metadata: {
+          metrics: {
+            backlogCount: 0,
+            backlogBytes: 0,
+            oldestMessageTimestamp: 0,
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (pathname === '/queue-then-redirect') {
+      env.QUEUE.send({ hello: 'world' });
+      return new Response(null, {
+        status: 302,
+        headers: { location: '/anywhere' },
+      });
+    }
+
+    return new Response('not found', { status: 404 });
+  },
+
+  async test(_ctrl, env) {
+    const resp = await env.SERVICE.fetch(
+      'http://example.com/queue-then-redirect',
+      { redirect: 'manual' }
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(resp.status, 302);
+    assert.strictEqual(resp.headers.get('location'), '/anywhere');
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/tests/queue-send-redirect-hang-test.wd-test b/src/workerd/api/tests/queue-send-redirect-hang-test.wd-test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..820c9af0cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/workerd/api/tests/queue-send-redirect-hang-test.wd-test
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using Workerd = import "/workerd/workerd.capnp";
+
+const unitTests :Workerd.Config = (
+  services = [
+    ( name = "queue-send-redirect-hang-test",
+      worker = (
+        modules = [
+          ( name = "worker", esModule = embed "queue-send-redirect-hang-test.js" )
+        ],
+        bindings = [
+          ( name = "QUEUE", queue = "queue-send-redirect-hang-test" ),
+          ( name = "SERVICE", service = "queue-send-redirect-hang-test" ),
+        ],
+        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "service_binding_extra_handlers", "queues_json_messages"],
+      )
+    ),
+  ],
+);
diff --git a/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++ b/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++
index af3441e1503..be6de163595 100644
--- a/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++
@@ -369,6 +369,16 @@ kj::Promise<void> WorkerEntrypoint::requestImpl(kj::HttpMethod method,
   TRACE_EVENT("workerd", "WorkerEntrypoint::request()", "url", url.cStr(),
       PERFETTO_FLOW_FROM_POINTER(this));
 
+  // Bind `waitUntilTasks` to the coroutine frame so the KJ_DEFER below doesn't reach through
+  // `this`. That DEFER runs from the coroutine's destructor, which on some subrequest paths
+  // fires after `WorkerEntrypoint` itself has been freed (the promise chain owning the coroutine
+  // can outlive the `Own<WorkerInterface>` — e.g. a fire-and-forget `env.QUEUE.send()` whose
+  // caller returned early; see queue-send-redirect-hang-test). Reading `this->waitUntilTasks`
+  // in that window yields a null reference that faults inside `TaskSet::add`.
+  // TODO(cleanup): the DEFER still reads other `this->*` members. A proper fix would tie the
+  //   entrypoint's lifetime to the coroutine's rather than defending each field individually.
+  kj::TaskSet& waitUntilTasks = this->waitUntilTasks;
+
   // ----- Stage 1: Set up per-request state. -----
 
   auto incomingRequest =