diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
index a68eb70a381..ea1ede9db51 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class TaskQueueManager:
         defunct = False
         for idx,x in enumerate(self._workers):
             if hasattr(x[0], 'exitcode'):
-                if x[0].exitcode in [-9, -15]:
+                if x[0].exitcode in [-9, -11, -15]:
                     defunct = True
         return defunct