diff --git a/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker.rb b/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker.rb
index 3f514daaf7b..28ebc36a398 100644
--- a/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker.rb
+++ b/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 module Delayed
   class ThreadedWorker < Delayed::Worker
+    # Plugin callbacks register against the base Delayed::Worker.lifecycle, so
+    # delegate to the base class to avoid rebuilding a separate lifecycle here
+    # (which would leak a callback per ThreadedWorker.new). Use superclass, not
+    # the Delayed::Worker constant, which tests may reassign to this subclass and
+    # cause infinite recursion.
+    def self.setup_lifecycle
+      superclass.setup_lifecycle
+    end
+
+    def self.lifecycle
+      superclass.lifecycle
+    end
+
     def initialize(options={})
       super
       @num_threads = options[:num_threads]
diff --git a/spec/unit/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker_spec.rb b/spec/unit/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker_spec.rb
index f425a1b38a3..285bc5ecfbf 100644
--- a/spec/unit/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/lib/delayed_job/threaded_worker_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
       worker = Delayed::ThreadedWorker.new({ num_threads: 2 })
       expect(worker.instance_variable_get(:@grace_period_seconds)).to eq(30)
     end
+
+    it 'does not accumulate enqueue lifecycle callbacks across instantiations' do
+      before_enqueue_callbacks = lambda do
+        Delayed::Worker.lifecycle.instance_variable_get(:@callbacks)[:enqueue].instance_variable_get(:@before).size
+      end
+
+      baseline = before_enqueue_callbacks.call
+      5.times { Delayed::ThreadedWorker.new(options) }
+      expect(before_enqueue_callbacks.call).to eq(baseline)
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#start' do