diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Print.hpp b/src/libslic3r/Print.hpp
index d254e4eefb..2f5c4e96bd 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Print.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Print.hpp
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ public:
     void                set_task(const TaskParams &params) override { PrintBaseWithState<PrintStep, psCount>::set_task_impl(params, m_objects); }
     void                process() override;
     void                finalize() override { PrintBaseWithState<PrintStep, psCount>::finalize_impl(m_objects); }
+    void                cleanup() override;
 
     // Exports G-code into a file name based on the path_template, returns the file path of the generated G-code file.
     // If preview_data is not null, the preview_data is filled in for the G-code visualization (not used by the command line Slic3r).
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PrintApply.cpp b/src/libslic3r/PrintApply.cpp
index 6beb1cae7d..5f95edefa1 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PrintApply.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PrintApply.cpp
@@ -1451,20 +1451,8 @@ Print::ApplyStatus Print::apply(const Model &model, DynamicPrintConfig new_full_
     for (PrintObject *object : m_objects)
         object->update_slicing_parameters();
 
-    if (apply_status == APPLY_STATUS_INVALIDATED) {
-        // Invalidate data of a single ModelObject shared by multiple PrintObjects.
-        // Find spans of PrintObjects sharing the same PrintObjectRegions.
-        std::vector<PrintObject*> all_objects(m_objects);
-        std::sort(all_objects.begin(), all_objects.end(), [](const PrintObject *l, const PrintObject *r){ return l->shared_regions() < r->shared_regions(); } );
-        for (auto it = all_objects.begin(); it != all_objects.end();) {
-            PrintObjectRegions *shared_regions = (*it)->m_shared_regions;
-            auto it_begin = it;
-            for (++ it; it != all_objects.end() && shared_regions == (*it)->shared_regions(); ++ it);
-            auto this_objects = SpanOfConstPtrs<PrintObject>(const_cast<const PrintObject* const* const>(&(*it_begin)), it - it_begin);
-            if (Print::is_shared_print_object_step_valid_unguarded(this_objects, posSupportSpotsSearch))
-                shared_regions->generated_support_points.reset();
-        }
-    }
+    if (apply_status == APPLY_STATUS_CHANGED || apply_status == APPLY_STATUS_INVALIDATED)
+        this->cleanup();
 
 #ifdef _DEBUG
     check_model_ids_equal(m_model, model);
@@ -1473,6 +1461,22 @@ Print::ApplyStatus Print::apply(const Model &model, DynamicPrintConfig new_full_
 	return static_cast<ApplyStatus>(apply_status);
 }
 
+void Print::cleanup()
+{
+    // Invalidate data of a single ModelObject shared by multiple PrintObjects.
+    // Find spans of PrintObjects sharing the same PrintObjectRegions.
+    std::vector<PrintObject*> all_objects(m_objects);
+    std::sort(all_objects.begin(), all_objects.end(), [](const PrintObject *l, const PrintObject *r){ return l->shared_regions() < r->shared_regions(); } );
+    for (auto it = all_objects.begin(); it != all_objects.end();) {
+        PrintObjectRegions *shared_regions = (*it)->m_shared_regions;
+        auto it_begin = it;
+        for (++ it; it != all_objects.end() && shared_regions == (*it)->shared_regions(); ++ it);
+        auto this_objects = SpanOfConstPtrs<PrintObject>(const_cast<const PrintObject* const* const>(&(*it_begin)), it - it_begin);
+        if (Print::is_shared_print_object_step_valid_unguarded(this_objects, posSupportSpotsSearch))
+            shared_regions->generated_support_points.reset();
+    }    
+}
+
 bool Print::is_shared_print_object_step_valid_unguarded(SpanOfConstPtrs<PrintObject> print_objects, PrintObjectStep print_object_step)
 {
     return std::any_of(print_objects.begin(), print_objects.end(), [print_object_step](auto po){ return po->is_step_done_unguarded(print_object_step); });
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PrintBase.hpp b/src/libslic3r/PrintBase.hpp
index 13796abbad..6aac560a32 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PrintBase.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PrintBase.hpp
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ public:
     // Clean up after process() finished, either with success, error or if canceled.
     // The adjustments on the Print / PrintObject data due to set_task() are to be reverted here.
     virtual void            finalize() = 0;
+    // Clean up print step / print object step data after
+    // 1) some print step / print object step was invalidated inside PrintBase::apply() while holding the milestone mutex locked.
+    // 2) background thread finished being canceled.
+    virtual void            cleanup() = 0;
 
     struct SlicingStatus {
 		SlicingStatus(int percent, const std::string &text, unsigned int flags = 0) : percent(percent), text(text), flags(flags) {}
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp b/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp
index 528d3c28b8..2ebb7cc2fd 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ public:
     void                set_task(const TaskParams &params) override { PrintBaseWithState<SLAPrintStep, slapsCount>::set_task_impl(params, m_objects); }
     void                process() override;
     void                finalize() override { PrintBaseWithState<SLAPrintStep, slapsCount>::finalize_impl(m_objects); }
+    void                cleanup() override {}
     // Returns true if an object step is done on all objects and there's at least one object.
     bool                is_step_done(SLAPrintObjectStep step) const;
     // Returns true if the last step was finished with success.
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/BackgroundSlicingProcess.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/BackgroundSlicingProcess.cpp
index 275fcdc986..678761924c 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/BackgroundSlicingProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/BackgroundSlicingProcess.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ void BackgroundSlicingProcess::thread_proc()
 				(m_state == STATE_CANCELED) ? SlicingProcessCompletedEvent::Cancelled :
 				exception ? SlicingProcessCompletedEvent::Error : SlicingProcessCompletedEvent::Finished, exception);
         	wxQueueEvent(GUI::wxGetApp().mainframe->m_plater, evt.Clone());
+        	// Cancelled by the user, not internally, thus cleanup() was not called yet.
+        	// Otherwise cleanup() is called from Print::apply()
+        	m_print->cleanup();
         }
 	    m_print->restart();
 		lck.unlock();