diff --git a/src/gui.c b/src/gui.c
index 68c64d2..4408545 100644
--- a/src/gui.c
+++ b/src/gui.c
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@
     int		exit_status;
     pid_t	pid = -1;
 
+#if defined(FEAT_RELTIME) && defined(HAVE_TIMER_CREATE)
+    // a timer is not carried forward
+    delete_timer();
+#endif
+
     // Setup a pipe between the child and the parent, so that the parent
     // knows when the child has done the setsid() call and is allowed to
     // exit.
diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
index 766deac..6fd2450 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -8247,7 +8247,7 @@
 #endif // USE_XSMP
 
 #if defined(FEAT_RELTIME) || defined(PROTO)
-# if defined(HAVE_TIMER_CREATE)
+# if defined(HAVE_TIMER_CREATE) || defined(PROTO)
 /*
  * Implement timeout with timer_create() and timer_settime().
  */
@@ -8331,6 +8331,19 @@
     return &timeout_flag;
 }
 
+/*
+ * To be used before fork/exec: delete any created timer.
+ */
+    void
+delete_timer(void)
+{
+    if (timer_created)
+    {
+	timer_delete(timer_id);
+	timer_created = FALSE;
+    }
+}
+
 # else
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/proto/os_unix.pro b/src/proto/os_unix.pro
index 91024b1..268f3bf 100644
--- a/src/proto/os_unix.pro
+++ b/src/proto/os_unix.pro
@@ -88,4 +88,5 @@
 void xsmp_close(void);
 void stop_timeout(void);
 const int *start_timeout(long msec);
+void delete_timer(void);
 /* vim: set ft=c : */
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 66b03c3..bfa9c5a 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    5113,
+/**/
     5112,
 /**/
     5111,