diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.Queue.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.Queue.cs
index 0ce2479a45..eedfe12734 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.Queue.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.Queue.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ public partial class Dispatcher
         {
             _backgroundTimer =
                 new DispatcherTimer(this, DispatcherPriority.Send,
-                    TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1));
+                    TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1))
+                {
+                    Tag = "Dispatcher.RequestBackgroundProcessing"
+                };
             _backgroundTimer.Tick += delegate
             {
                 _backgroundTimer.Stop();
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Utilities/DispatcherTimerHelper.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Utilities/DispatcherTimerHelper.cs
index 0c4a5f1051..a457388fb2 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Utilities/DispatcherTimerHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Utilities/DispatcherTimerHelper.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public static class DispatcherTimerUtils
     public static void ForceFire(this DispatcherTimer timer)
     {
         timer.Promote();
+        timer.Dispatcher.RemoveTimer(timer);
         timer.Dispatcher.RunJobs();
     }
 }
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