diff --git a/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster.go
index 0837b64d08d..bb06a00901a 100644
--- a/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ type Monitor struct {
 
 	// Limit for items per pagination query
 	queryLimit int
+	// Limit for goroutines per cluster Monitor instance
+	parallelism int
 }
 
 func NewMonitor(log *logrus.Entry, restConfig *rest.Config, oc *api.OpenShiftCluster, env env.Interface, tenantID string, m metrics.Emitter, hourlyRun bool) (monitoring.Monitor, error) {
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ func NewMonitor(log *logrus.Entry, restConfig *rest.Config, oc *api.OpenShiftClu
 		ocpclientset:        clienthelper.NewWithClient(log, ocpclientset),
 		namespacesToMonitor: []string{},
 		queryLimit:          50,
+		parallelism:         MONITOR_GOROUTINES_PER_CLUSTER,
 	}
 	mon.collectors = []collectorFunc{
 		mon.emitAroOperatorHeartbeat,
@@ -196,8 +199,16 @@ func NewMonitor(log *logrus.Entry, restConfig *rest.Config, oc *api.OpenShiftClu
 }
 
 func (mon *Monitor) timeCall(ctx context.Context, f func(context.Context) error) (err error) {
-	innerNow := time.Now()
 	collectorName := steps.ShortName(f)
+
+	// Don't run collectors if we have already timed out
+	if ctx.Err() != nil {
+		mon.log.Debugf("skipping %s because %s:", collectorName, ctx.Err())
+		mon.emitMonitorCollectorSkipped(collectorName)
+		return &failureToRunClusterCollector{collectorName: collectorName, inner: ctx.Err()}
+	}
+
+	innerNow := time.Now()
 	mon.log.Debugf("running %s", collectorName)
 
 	// If the collector panics we should return the error (so that it bubbles
@@ -272,10 +283,10 @@ func (mon *Monitor) Monitor(ctx context.Context) (_err error) {
 		return errors.Join(errs...)
 	}
 
-	// Run up to MONITOR_GOROUTINES_PER_CLUSTER goroutines for collecting
-	// metrics
+	// Run up to mon.parallelism (default: MONITOR_GOROUTINES_PER_CLUSTER)
+	// goroutines for collecting metrics
 	wg := new(errgroup.Group)
-	wg.SetLimit(MONITOR_GOROUTINES_PER_CLUSTER)
+	wg.SetLimit(mon.parallelism)
 
 	// Create a channel capable of buffering one error from every collector
 	errChan := make(chan error, len(mon.collectors))
@@ -305,7 +316,7 @@ func (mon *Monitor) Monitor(ctx context.Context) (_err error) {
 	}
 
 	// emit a metric with how long we took when we have no errors
-	if len(errs) == 0 {
+	if len(errs) == 0 && ctx.Err() == nil {
 		mon.emitFloat("monitor.cluster.duration", time.Since(now).Seconds(), map[string]string{})
 	}
 
@@ -316,6 +327,10 @@ func (mon *Monitor) emitMonitorCollectorError(collectorName string) {
 	emitter.EmitGauge(mon.m, "monitor.cluster.collector.error", 1, mon.dims, map[string]string{"collector": collectorName})
 }
 
+func (mon *Monitor) emitMonitorCollectorSkipped(collectorName string) {
+	emitter.EmitGauge(mon.m, "monitor.cluster.collector.skipped", 1, mon.dims, map[string]string{"collector": collectorName})
+}
+
 func (mon *Monitor) emitMonitorCollectionTiming(collectorName string, duration float64) {
 	emitter.EmitFloat(mon.m, "monitor.cluster.collector.duration", duration, mon.dims, map[string]string{"collector": collectorName})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster_test.go b/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster_test.go
index ea7c3c0139c..4a14c768b1c 100644
--- a/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster_test.go
+++ b/pkg/monitor/cluster/cluster_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ type expectedMetric struct {
 }
 
 func TestMonitor(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	var _ctx context.Context
+	var _cancel context.CancelFunc
 
 	innerFailure := errors.New("failure inside")
 
@@ -392,6 +393,71 @@ func TestMonitor(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:        "timeout during collector means other collectors are skipped",
+			healthzCall: func(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) { return &http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK}, nil },
+			collectors: func(m *Monitor) []collectorFunc {
+				return []collectorFunc{
+					func(ctx context.Context) error {
+						_cancel()
+						return nil
+					},
+					func(ctx context.Context) error {
+						return nil
+					},
+				}
+			},
+			expectedErrors: []error{
+				&failureToRunClusterCollector{collectorName: "2"},
+				context.Canceled,
+			},
+			expectedGauges: []expectedMetric{
+				{
+					name:  "apiserver.healthz.code",
+					value: int64(1),
+					labels: map[string]string{
+						"code": "200",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					name:  "monitor.cluster.collector.skipped",
+					value: int64(1),
+					labels: map[string]string{
+						"collector": "2",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedFloats: []expectedMetric{
+				{
+					name:  "monitor.cluster.collector.duration",
+					value: gomock.Any(),
+					labels: map[string]string{
+						"collector": "emitAPIServerHealthzCode",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					name:  "monitor.cluster.collector.duration",
+					value: gomock.Any(),
+					labels: map[string]string{
+						"collector": "prefetchClusterVersion",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					name:  "monitor.cluster.collector.duration",
+					value: gomock.Any(),
+					labels: map[string]string{
+						"collector": "fetchManagedNamespaces",
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					name:  "monitor.cluster.collector.duration",
+					value: gomock.Any(),
+					labels: map[string]string{
+						"collector": "1",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			objects := []client.Object{
@@ -449,6 +515,9 @@ func TestMonitor(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 
+			_ctx, _cancel = context.WithCancel(t.Context())
+			defer _cancel()
+
 			_, log := testlog.New()
 			controller := gomock.NewController(t)
 			m := mock_metrics.NewMockEmitter(controller)
@@ -475,6 +544,7 @@ func TestMonitor(t *testing.T) {
 				ocpclientset: ocpclientset,
 				m:            m,
 				queryLimit:   1,
+				parallelism:  1,
 			}
 
 			if tt.collectors != nil {
@@ -493,7 +563,7 @@ func TestMonitor(t *testing.T) {
 				m.EXPECT().EmitFloat("monitor.cluster.duration", gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Times(1)
 			}
 
-			err := mon.Monitor(ctx)
+			err := mon.Monitor(_ctx)
 			utilerror.AssertErrorMatchesAll(t, err, tt.expectedErrors)
 		})
 	}