diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index d5a882dd1..6856f435b 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * wrong compare used in ProjectComponent for logging. Bugzilla Report 28070.
 
+* failOnAny attribute for <parallel> was broken. Bugzilla Report 28122.
+
 Other changes:
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diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Parallel.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Parallel.java
index e6697c396..1721dfb49 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Parallel.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Parallel.java
@@ -417,12 +417,12 @@ public class Parallel extends Task
                 task.perform();
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 exception = t;
+                if (failOnAny) {
+                    stillRunning = false;
+                }
             } finally {
                 synchronized (semaphore) {
                     finished = true;
-                    if (failOnAny) {
-                        stillRunning = false;
-                    }
                     semaphore.notifyAll();
                 }
             }