diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8885e206..abb205336 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 * Deprecate `Deprecation.calcInterp` since it was never actually emitted as a
   deprecation.
 
+### Embedded Sass
+
+* Fix a rare race condition where the embedded compiler could freeze when a
+  protocol error was immediately followed by another request.
+
 ## 1.68.0
 
 * Fix the source spans associated with the `abs-percent` deprecation.
diff --git a/lib/src/embedded/dispatcher.dart b/lib/src/embedded/dispatcher.dart
index e9e723bfc..a1b20b5d4 100644
--- a/lib/src/embedded/dispatcher.dart
+++ b/lib/src/embedded/dispatcher.dart
@@ -237,7 +237,17 @@ final class Dispatcher {
       _send(OutboundMessage()..logEvent = event);
 
   /// Sends [error] to the host.
-  void sendError(ProtocolError error) =>
+  ///
+  /// This is used during compilation by other classes like host callable.
+  /// Therefore it must set _requestError = true to prevent sending a CompileFailure after
+  /// sending a ProtocolError.
+  void sendError(ProtocolError error) {
+    _sendError(error);
+    _requestError = true;
+  }
+
+  /// Sends [error] to the host.
+  void _sendError(ProtocolError error) =>
       _send(OutboundMessage()..error = error);
 
   InboundMessage_CanonicalizeResponse sendCanonicalizeRequest(
@@ -323,7 +333,7 @@ final class Dispatcher {
   /// The [messageId] indicate the IDs of the message being responded to, if
   /// available.
   void _handleError(Object error, StackTrace stackTrace, {int? messageId}) {
-    sendError(handleError(error, stackTrace, messageId: messageId));
+    _sendError(handleError(error, stackTrace, messageId: messageId));
   }
 
   /// Sends [message] to the host with the given [wireId].