diff --git a/scripts/pre_commit_lint.sh b/scripts/pre_commit_lint.sh
index 02fd78dfbb3..d2cf7cd307f 100755
--- a/scripts/pre_commit_lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/pre_commit_lint.sh
@@ -113,15 +113,19 @@ python_checks() {
 on_interrupt() {
     trap - INT TERM
     rm -f "${python_log:-}" "${dash_log:-}" "${gen_log:-}"
-    kill 0 2>/dev/null
+    for job_pid in ${python_pid:-} ${dash_pid:-} ${gen_pid:-}; do
+        kill -- "-$job_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+    done
     exit 130
 }
 trap on_interrupt INT TERM
 
 if [ -n "$litellm_py_files" ]; then
     python_log=$(mktemp)
+    set -m
     python_checks > "$python_log" 2>&1 &
     python_pid=$!
+    set +m
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$e2e_py_files" ] && [ -z "$litellm_py_files" ]; then
@@ -147,8 +151,10 @@ dashboard_checks() {
 
 if [ -n "$ui_prettier_files" ] || [ -n "$ui_eslint_files" ]; then
     dash_log=$(mktemp)
+    set -m
     dashboard_checks > "$dash_log" 2>&1 &
     dash_pid=$!
+    set +m
 fi
 
 genapi_checks() {
@@ -183,8 +189,10 @@ genapi_checks() {
 
 if [ -n "$spec_files" ]; then
     gen_log=$(mktemp)
+    set -m
     genapi_checks > "$gen_log" 2>&1 &
     gen_pid=$!
+    set +m
 fi
 
 if [ -n "${python_pid:-}" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_pre_commit_lint.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_pre_commit_lint.py
index f9dbf17b8b2..92de89a3cd5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_pre_commit_lint.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_pre_commit_lint.py
@@ -192,6 +192,30 @@ def test_interrupt_kills_background_jobs_and_removes_logs(tmp_path: Path) -> Non
             os.killpg(proc.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
 
 
+def test_interrupt_spares_the_invoking_process(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    repo, bin_dir = _sandbox(tmp_path)
+    hang_dir = tmp_path / "hang"
+    hang_dir.mkdir()
+    marker = tmp_path / "invoker_survived"
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        ["bash", "-c", 'trap : INT; "$1"; echo "$?" > "$2"', "bash", str(SCRIPT), str(marker)],
+        cwd=repo,
+        env=_env(repo, bin_dir, {"STUB_HANG_DIR": str(hang_dir)}),
+        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        start_new_session=True,
+    )
+    try:
+        assert _wait_until((hang_dir / "make.started").exists, 10)
+        os.killpg(proc.pid, signal.SIGINT)
+        assert proc.wait(timeout=10) == 0
+        assert _wait_until(marker.exists, 5)
+        assert marker.read_text().strip() == "130"
+    finally:
+        with suppress(ProcessLookupError, PermissionError):
+            os.killpg(proc.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("fail", "message"),
     [