diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index ce95de95f0..f928d0d62f 100755
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ void gc_collect(void) {
     // have lost their references in the VM even though they are mounted.
     gc_collect_root((void**)&MP_STATE_VM(vfs_mount_table), sizeof(mp_vfs_mount_t) / sizeof(mp_uint_t));
 
+    background_callback_gc_collect();
+
     #if CIRCUITPY_DISPLAYIO
     displayio_gc_collect();
     #endif
diff --git a/supervisor/background_callback.h b/supervisor/background_callback.h
index 82025f6b7a..535dd656be 100644
--- a/supervisor/background_callback.h
+++ b/supervisor/background_callback.h
@@ -79,4 +79,9 @@ void background_callback_reset(void);
 void background_callback_begin_critical_section(void);
 void background_callback_end_critical_section(void);
 
+/*
+ * Background callbacks may stop objects from being collected
+ */
+void background_callback_gc_collect(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/supervisor/shared/background_callback.c b/supervisor/shared/background_callback.c
index e45c9b5c3d..1be3cae2ba 100644
--- a/supervisor/shared/background_callback.c
+++ b/supervisor/shared/background_callback.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include "py/gc.h"
 #include "py/mpconfig.h"
 #include "supervisor/background_callback.h"
 #include "supervisor/shared/tick.h"
@@ -105,3 +106,8 @@ void background_callback_reset() {
     in_background_callback = false;
     CALLBACK_CRITICAL_END;
 }
+
+void background_callback_gc_collect(void) {
+    background_callback_t *cb = (background_callback_t*)callback_head;
+    gc_collect_ptr(cb);
+}