diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
index 5f083cb972..94858fed25 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
@@ -165,7 +165,14 @@ class SendingQueue {
       );
     }
     // update processed/to process list
-    $queue->updateProcessedSubscribers($prepared_subscribers_ids);
+    if(!$queue->updateProcessedSubscribers($prepared_subscribers_ids)) {
+      MailerLog::processError(
+        'processed_list_update',
+        sprintf('QUEUE-%d-PROCESSED-LIST-UPDATE', $queue->id),
+        null,
+        true
+      );
+    }
     // log statistics
     StatisticsNewslettersModel::createMultiple($statistics);
     // update the sent count
diff --git a/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
index d14b91c341..912d7e62b2 100644
--- a/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class SendingQueue extends Model {
       )
     );
     $this->subscribers = $subscribers;
-    $this->updateCount();
+    return $this->updateCount()->getErrors() === false;
   }
 
   function updateCount() {
@@ -175,5 +175,4 @@ class SendingQueue extends Model {
     }
     return $rendered_body;
   }
-
 }
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diff --git a/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php b/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
index 73daf38f57..6db76930e9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Test\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue;
 
+use AspectMock\Test as Mock;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Codeception\Util\Fixtures;
 use Codeception\Util\Stub;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ use MailPoet\Config\Populator;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\SendingQueue as SendingQueueWorker;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\Tasks\Mailer as MailerTask;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\Tasks\Newsletter as NewsletterTask;
+use MailPoet\Mailer\MailerLog;
 use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
 use MailPoet\Models\NewsletterLink;
 use MailPoet\Models\NewsletterPost;
@@ -574,6 +576,43 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     expect((int)$updated_queue->count_total)->equals(0);
   }
 
+  function testItPausesSendingWhenProcessedSubscriberListCannotBeUpdated() {
+    $queue = Mock::double(new \stdClass(), array(
+      'updateProcessedSubscribers' => false
+    ));
+    $queue->id = 100;
+    $sending_queue_worker = Stub::make(new SendingQueueWorker());
+    $sending_queue_worker->__construct(
+      $timer = false,
+      Stub::make(
+        new MailerTask(),
+        array(
+          'send' => true
+        )
+      )
+    );
+    try {
+      $sending_queue_worker->sendNewsletters(
+        $queue,
+        $prepared_subscribers = array(),
+        $prepared_newsletters = false,
+        $prepared_subscribers = false,
+        $statistics = false
+      );
+      $this->fail('Paused sending exception was not thrown.');
+    } catch(\Exception $e) {
+      expect($e->getMessage())->equals('Sending has been paused.');
+    }
+    $mailer_log = MailerLog::getMailerLog();
+    expect($mailer_log['status'])->equals(MailerLog::STATUS_PAUSED);
+    expect($mailer_log['error'])->equals(
+      array(
+        'operation' => 'processed_list_update',
+        'error_message' => 'QUEUE-100-PROCESSED-LIST-UPDATE'
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
   function _after() {
     \ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Subscriber::$_table);
     \ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . SubscriberSegment::$_table);
@@ -585,4 +624,4 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     \ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . NewsletterSegment::$_table);
     \ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . StatisticsNewsletters::$_table);
   }
-}
+}
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