diff --git a/source/index.ts b/source/index.ts
index 9a16cdb..3b63d74 100644
--- a/source/index.ts
+++ b/source/index.ts
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ export default class PQueue<QueueType extends Queue<RunFunction, EnqueueOptionsT
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			this.#queue.enqueue(async () => {
 				this.#pending++;
-				this.#intervalCount++;
 
 				try {
 					options.signal?.throwIfAborted();
+					this.#intervalCount++;
 
 					let operation = function_({signal: options.signal});
 
diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 748ee29..ff0c06a 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -1116,6 +1116,26 @@ test('should pass AbortSignal instance to job', async t => {
 	}, {signal: controller.signal});
 });
 
+test('aborted jobs do not use interval cap', async t => {
+	const queue = new PQueue({
+		concurrency: 1,
+		interval: 100,
+		intervalCap: 1,
+	});
+
+	const controller = new AbortController();
+
+	for (let index = 0; index < 5; index++) {
+		queue.add(() => {}, {signal: controller.signal}).catch(() => {}); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
+	}
+
+	queue.add(() => {}); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
+
+	controller.abort();
+	await delay(150);
+	t.is(queue.size, 0);
+});
+
 test('aborting multiple jobs at the same time', async t => {
 	const queue = new PQueue({concurrency: 1});