diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala
index a4048b78b94..2cb7ca9a08f 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala
@@ -227,4 +227,8 @@ class SparkSQLSessionManager private (name: String, spark: SparkSession)
       opHandle: OperationHandle): Path = {
     new Path(getSessionResultSavePath(sessionHandle), opHandle.identifier.toString)
   }
+
+  override private[kyuubi] def isEngineContextStopped = {
+    spark.sparkContext.isStopped
+  }
 }
diff --git a/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/SessionManager.scala b/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/SessionManager.scala
index 7751b7298e4..217cfc707c9 100644
--- a/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/SessionManager.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/SessionManager.scala
@@ -345,10 +345,15 @@ abstract class SessionManager(name: String) extends CompositeService(name) {
     if (idleTimeout > 0) {
       val checkTask = new Runnable {
         override def run(): Unit = {
-          if (!shutdown && System.currentTimeMillis() - latestLogoutTime > idleTimeout &&
-            getActiveUserSessionCount <= 0) {
-            info(s"Idled for more than $idleTimeout ms, terminating")
-            stop()
+          if (!shutdown) {
+            if (System.currentTimeMillis() - latestLogoutTime > idleTimeout &&
+              getActiveUserSessionCount <= 0) {
+              info(s"Idled for more than $idleTimeout ms, terminating")
+              stop()
+            } else if (isEngineContextStopped) {
+              error(s"Engine's SparkContext is stopped, terminating")
+              stop()
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -360,4 +365,6 @@ abstract class SessionManager(name: String) extends CompositeService(name) {
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
     }
   }
+
+  private[kyuubi] def isEngineContextStopped: Boolean = false
 }