diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.cc b/src/node_sqlite.cc
index 0002e1c2e9aaa8d..23caac7d383df87 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.cc
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ class BackupJob : public ThreadPoolWork {
     }
   }
 
- private:
   void Cleanup() {
     if (pBackup_) {
       sqlite3_backup_finish(pBackup_);
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@ class BackupJob : public ThreadPoolWork {
     }
   }
 
-  // https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/649da3b8377e030ea7b9a1bc0308451e26e28740/src/crypto/crypto_keygen.h#L126
+ private:
   int backup_status_;
   Environment* env() const { return env_; }
   sqlite3* pDest_;
@@ -459,6 +458,7 @@ void DatabaseSync::DeleteSessions() {
 DatabaseSync::~DatabaseSync() {
   if (IsOpen()) {
     FinalizeStatements();
+    FinalizeBackups();
     DeleteSessions();
     sqlite3_close_v2(connection_);
     connection_ = nullptr;
@@ -521,6 +521,14 @@ bool DatabaseSync::Open() {
   return true;
 }
 
+void DatabaseSync::FinalizeBackups() {
+  for (auto backup : backups_) {
+    backup->Cleanup();
+  }
+
+  backups_.clear();
+}
+
 void DatabaseSync::FinalizeStatements() {
   for (auto stmt : statements_) {
     stmt->Finalize();
@@ -825,6 +833,7 @@ void DatabaseSync::Backup(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 
   BackupJob* job = new BackupJob(
       env, db, resolver, source_db, *destFilename, dest_db, rate, progressFunc);
+  db->backups_.insert(job);
   job->ScheduleBackup();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.h b/src/node_sqlite.h
index 4b70be6b14ec956..e8628e72333eb97 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.h
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class DatabaseOpenConfiguration {
 };
 
 class StatementSync;
+class BackupJob;
 
 class DatabaseSync : public BaseObject {
  public:
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class DatabaseSync : public BaseObject {
       const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
   static void LoadExtension(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
   void FinalizeStatements();
+  void FinalizeBackups();
   void UntrackStatement(StatementSync* statement);
   bool IsOpen();
   sqlite3* Connection();
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class DatabaseSync : public BaseObject {
   bool enable_load_extension_;
   sqlite3* connection_;
 
-  std::set<sqlite3_backup*> backups_;
+  std::set<BackupJob*> backups_;
   std::set<sqlite3_session*> sessions_;
   std::unordered_set<StatementSync*> statements_;