diff --git a/internal/nomad/nomad.go b/internal/nomad/nomad.go
index 3e323c2..2f9b0ef 100644
--- a/internal/nomad/nomad.go
+++ b/internal/nomad/nomad.go
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ func handlePendingAllocationEvent(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, allocData *allocat
 			stopExpected:       stopExpected,
 		})
 	case structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop:
-		handleStoppingAllocationEvent(alloc, allocations, callbacks, false)
+		// As this allocation was still pending, we don't have to propagate its deletion.
+		allocations.Delete(alloc.ID)
 		// Anyway, we want to monitor the occurrences.
 		if !allocData.stopExpected {
 			log.WithField("alloc", alloc).Warn("Pending allocation was stopped unexpectedly")
diff --git a/internal/nomad/nomad_test.go b/internal/nomad/nomad_test.go
index 25a290b..9321a87 100644
--- a/internal/nomad/nomad_test.go
+++ b/internal/nomad/nomad_test.go
@@ -518,9 +518,9 @@ func (s *MainTestSuite) TestApiClient_WatchAllocationsUsesCallbacksForEvents() {
 	stoppedPendingAllocation := createRecentAllocation(structs.AllocClientStatusPending, structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop)
 	stoppedPendingEvents := nomadApi.Events{Events: []nomadApi.Event{eventForAllocation(s.T(), stoppedPendingAllocation)}}
 
-	s.Run("it removes stopped pending allocations", func() {
+	s.Run("it does not callback for stopped pending allocations", func() {
 		assertWatchAllocation(s, []*nomadApi.Events{&pendingEvents, &stoppedPendingEvents},
-			[]*nomadApi.Allocation(nil), []string{stoppedPendingAllocation.JobID})
+			[]*nomadApi.Allocation(nil), []string(nil))
 	})
 
 	failedAllocation := createRecentAllocation(structs.AllocClientStatusFailed, structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop)