diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkService.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkService.java
index 4d7634ea4c..93cb1262fe 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkService.java
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkService.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.reconciler.ReconciliationUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.EnvUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.EventRecorder;
+import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.FlinkUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.client.JobStatusMessage;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.highavailability.nonha.standalone.StandaloneClientHAServices;
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.webmonitor.handlers.JarUploadHeaders;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.webmonitor.handlers.JarUploadResponseBody;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.ExecutionCheckpointingOptions;
-import org.apache.flink.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.util.FlinkRuntimeException;
 import org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions;
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/utils/ExceptionUtils.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/utils/ExceptionUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98a9393b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/utils/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils;
+
+import org.apache.flink.types.DeserializationException;
+import org.apache.flink.util.SerializedThrowable;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/** Exception utils. * */
+public class ExceptionUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Based on the flink ExceptionUtils#findThrowableSerializedAware but fixes an infinite loop bug
+     * resulting from SerializedThrowable deserialization errors.
+     */
+    public static <T extends Throwable> Optional<T> findThrowableSerializedAware(
+            Throwable throwable, Class<T> searchType, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+
+        if (throwable == null || searchType == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+
+        Throwable t = throwable;
+        while (t != null) {
+            if (searchType.isAssignableFrom(t.getClass())) {
+                return Optional.of(searchType.cast(t));
+            } else if (t instanceof SerializedThrowable) {
+                var deserialized = ((SerializedThrowable) t).deserializeError(classLoader);
+                // This is the key part of the fix:
+                // The deserializeError method returns the same SerializedThrowable if it cannot
+                // deserialize it. Previously this is what caused the infinite loop.
+                t =
+                        deserialized == t
+                                ? new DeserializationException(
+                                        "Could not deserialize SerializedThrowable")
+                                : deserialized;
+            } else {
+                t = t.getCause();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkServiceTest.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkServiceTest.java
index a26cbb461f..9082ff358a 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkServiceTest.java
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/service/AbstractFlinkServiceTest.java
@@ -423,6 +423,52 @@ public void cancelJobWithSavepointUpgradeModeTest(boolean deleteAfterSavepoint)
         }
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
+    public void savepointErrorTest(boolean deserializable) throws Exception {
+        var testingClusterClient =
+                new TestingClusterClient<>(configuration, TestUtils.TEST_DEPLOYMENT_NAME);
+        var savepointPath = "file:///path/of/svp-1";
+        configuration.set(CheckpointingOptions.SAVEPOINT_DIRECTORY, savepointPath);
+
+        var savepointErr = new SerializedThrowable(new Exception("sp test err"));
+        if (!deserializable) {
+            var cachedException = SerializedThrowable.class.getDeclaredField("cachedException");
+            cachedException.setAccessible(true);
+            cachedException.set(savepointErr, null);
+
+            var bytes = SerializedThrowable.class.getDeclaredField("serializedException");
+            bytes.setAccessible(true);
+            bytes.set(savepointErr, new byte[] {1, 2, 3});
+        }
+
+        testingClusterClient.setStopWithSavepointFunction(
+                (jobID, advanceToEndOfEventTime, savepointDir) -> {
+                    CompletableFuture<String> result = new CompletableFuture<>();
+                    result.completeExceptionally(savepointErr);
+                    return result;
+                });
+
+        var flinkService = new TestingService(testingClusterClient);
+
+        FlinkDeployment deployment = TestUtils.buildApplicationCluster();
+        deployment.getStatus().setJobManagerDeploymentStatus(JobManagerDeploymentStatus.READY);
+        JobStatus jobStatus = deployment.getStatus().getJobStatus();
+        jobStatus.setJobId(JobID.generate().toHexString());
+        jobStatus.setState(RUNNING);
+        ReconciliationUtils.updateStatusForDeployedSpec(deployment, new Configuration());
+
+        assertThrows(
+                UpgradeFailureException.class,
+                () ->
+                        flinkService.cancelJob(
+                                deployment,
+                                SuspendMode.SAVEPOINT,
+                                configManager.getObserveConfig(deployment),
+                                true),
+                "sp test err");
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
     public void cancelJobWithDrainOnSavepointUpgradeModeTest(boolean drainOnSavepoint)
@@ -737,11 +783,14 @@ private void runNativeSavepointFormatTest(boolean failAfterSavepointCompletes)
         testingClusterClient.setStopWithSavepointFormat(
                 (id, formatType, savepointDir) -> {
                     if (failAfterSavepointCompletes) {
-                        stopWithSavepointFuture.completeExceptionally(
+                        CompletableFuture<String> result = new CompletableFuture<>();
+                        stopWithSavepointFuture.completeExceptionally(new Exception());
+                        result.completeExceptionally(
                                 new CompletionException(
                                         new SerializedThrowable(
                                                 new StopWithSavepointStoppingException(
                                                         savepointPath, jobID))));
+                        return result;
                     } else {
                         stopWithSavepointFuture.complete(
                                 new Tuple3<>(id, formatType, savepointDir));