diff --git a/src/blocked.c b/src/blocked.c
index 2010805ef..3ba77a184 100644
--- a/src/blocked.c
+++ b/src/blocked.c
@@ -214,6 +214,23 @@ void unblockClient(client *c, int queue_for_reprocessing) {
     if (queue_for_reprocessing) queueClientForReprocessing(c);
 }
 
+/* Check if the specified client can be safely timed out using
+ * unblockClientOnTimeout(). */
+int blockedClientMayTimeout(client *c) {
+    if (c->bstate.btype == BLOCKED_MODULE) {
+        return moduleBlockedClientMayTimeout(c);
+    }
+
+    if (c->bstate.btype == BLOCKED_LIST ||
+        c->bstate.btype == BLOCKED_ZSET ||
+        c->bstate.btype == BLOCKED_STREAM ||
+        c->bstate.btype == BLOCKED_WAIT)
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* This function gets called when a blocked client timed out in order to
  * send it a reply of some kind. After this function is called,
  * unblockClient() will be called with the same client as argument. */
diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 9c2f1641d..23f1c2183 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -3712,11 +3712,12 @@ NULL
         if (getLongLongFromObjectOrReply(c,c->argv[2],&id,NULL)
             != C_OK) return;
         struct client *target = lookupClientByID(id);
-        /* Note that we never try to unblock a client blocked on a module command, which
+        /* Note that we never try to unblock a client blocked on a module command,
+         * or a client blocked by CLIENT PAUSE or some other blocking type which
          * doesn't have a timeout callback (even in the case of UNBLOCK ERROR).
          * The reason is that we assume that if a command doesn't expect to be timedout,
          * it also doesn't expect to be unblocked by CLIENT UNBLOCK */
-        if (target && target->flags & CLIENT_BLOCKED && moduleBlockedClientMayTimeout(target)) {
+        if (target && target->flags & CLIENT_BLOCKED && blockedClientMayTimeout(target)) {
             if (unblock_error)
                 unblockClientOnError(target,
                     "-UNBLOCKED client unblocked via CLIENT UNBLOCK");
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index ab00134f6..88427990f 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -3817,6 +3817,7 @@ void unblockClient(client *c, int queue_for_reprocessing);
 void unblockClientOnTimeout(client *c);
 void unblockClientOnError(client *c, const char *err_str);
 void queueClientForReprocessing(client *c);
+int blockedClientMayTimeout(client *c);
 void replyToBlockedClientTimedOut(client *c);
 int getTimeoutFromObjectOrReply(client *c, robj *object, mstime_t *timeout, int unit);
 void disconnectAllBlockedClients(void);
diff --git a/tests/unit/pause.tcl b/tests/unit/pause.tcl
index 5f4e92cae..5e5dfac05 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pause.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/pause.tcl
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009-Present, Redis Ltd.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024-present, Valkey contributors.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under your choice of (a) the Redis Source Available License 2.0
+# (RSALv2); or (b) the Server Side Public License v1 (SSPLv1); or (c) the
+# GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3).
+#
+# Portions of this file are available under BSD3 terms; see REDISCONTRIBUTIONS for more information.
+#
+
 start_server {tags {"pause network"}} {
     test "Test read commands are not blocked by client pause" {
         r client PAUSE 100000 WRITE
@@ -379,6 +393,36 @@ start_server {tags {"pause network"}} {
         assert_equal [r randomkey] {}
     }
 
+    test "CLIENT UNBLOCK is not allow to unblock client blocked by CLIENT PAUSE" {
+        set rd1 [redis_deferring_client]
+        set rd2 [redis_deferring_client]
+        $rd1 client id
+        $rd2 client id
+        set client_id1 [$rd1 read]
+        set client_id2 [$rd2 read]
+
+        r del mylist
+        r client pause 100000 write
+        $rd1 blpop mylist 0
+        $rd2 blpop mylist 0
+        wait_for_blocked_clients_count 2 50 100
+
+        # This used to trigger a panic.
+        assert_equal 0 [r client unblock $client_id1 timeout]
+        # THis used to return a UNBLOCKED error.
+        assert_equal 0 [r client unblock $client_id2 error]
+
+        # After the unpause, it must be able to unblock the client.
+        r client unpause
+        assert_equal 1 [r client unblock $client_id1 timeout]
+        assert_equal 1 [r client unblock $client_id2 error]
+        assert_equal {} [$rd1 read]
+        assert_error "UNBLOCKED*" {$rd2 read}
+
+        $rd1 close
+        $rd2 close
+    }
+
     # Make sure we unpause at the end
     r client unpause
 }