diff --git a/python/python/lancedb/streaming.py b/python/python/lancedb/streaming.py
index 8f72090f5..6367cc723 100644
--- a/python/python/lancedb/streaming.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/streaming.py
@@ -122,17 +122,20 @@ class _ConsumerCommitIterator:
                 f"a DataLoader batch failed before it was returned: {exc}"
             )
             raise
-        if not isinstance(batch, _WorkerBatch):
+        try:
+            if not isinstance(batch, _WorkerBatch):
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "StreamingDataLoader did not receive worker checkpoint metadata"
+                )
+            self._dataset._commit_worker_state(
+                batch.state, require_uniform=self._require_uniform
+            )
+            return batch.data
+        except BaseException as exc:
             self._dataset._invalidate_checkpoint(
-                "worker checkpoint metadata was missing from a returned batch"
+                f"a DataLoader batch failed before it was returned: {exc}"
             )
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                "StreamingDataLoader did not receive worker checkpoint metadata"
-            )
-        self._dataset._commit_worker_state(
-            batch.state, require_uniform=self._require_uniform
-        )
-        return batch.data
+            raise
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         return getattr(self._iterator, name)
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_elastic_dataloader.py b/python/python/tests/test_elastic_dataloader.py
index 06c24e13a..3a29ef4ad 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_elastic_dataloader.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_elastic_dataloader.py
@@ -1221,6 +1221,29 @@ def test_batch_base_exception_invalidates_consumer_checkpoint(tmp_path):
     assert list(iterator) == [[2, 3], [4, 5]]
 
 
+def test_parent_commit_base_exception_invalidates_consumer_checkpoint(tmp_path):
+    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
+    table = db.create_table("commit_interrupt", pa.table({"id": list(range(4))}))
+    dataset = StreamingDataset(table, num_splits=1, shuffle=False)
+    loader = StreamingDataLoader(dataset, batch_size=2, num_workers=0)
+    iterator = iter(loader)
+    real_commit = dataset._commit_worker_state
+
+    def interrupt_after_commit(state, *, require_uniform):
+        real_commit(state, require_uniform=require_uniform)
+        raise KeyboardInterrupt("after parent commit")
+
+    with patch.object(
+        dataset, "_commit_worker_state", side_effect=interrupt_after_commit
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(KeyboardInterrupt, match="after parent commit"):
+            next(iterator)
+
+    assert dataset._checkpoint_snapshot()["samples_consumed_per_split"] == [2]
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="failed before it was returned"):
+        dataset.state_dict()
+
+
 def test_streaming_dataloader_rejects_dataset_iter_override(tmp_path):
     class CustomizedDataset(StreamingDataset):
         def __iter__(self):