diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/worker/testInfo.ts b/packages/playwright/src/worker/testInfo.ts
index d28e123958aaf..649f20e19d52b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/worker/testInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/worker/testInfo.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type { TestInfoError, TestInfo, TestStatus, FullProject, FullConfig } fro
 import type { AttachmentPayload, StepBeginPayload, StepEndPayload, WorkerInitParams } from '../common/ipc';
 import type { TestCase } from '../common/test';
 import { TimeoutManager } from './timeoutManager';
-import type { RunnableType, TimeSlot, RunnableDescription } from './timeoutManager';
+import type { RunnableType, TimeSlot } from './timeoutManager';
 import type { Annotation, FullConfigInternal, FullProjectInternal } from '../common/config';
 import type { Location } from '../../types/testReporter';
 import { getContainedPath, normalizeAndSaveAttachment, serializeError, trimLongString } from '../util';
@@ -228,12 +228,6 @@ export class TestInfoImpl implements TestInfo {
     this.duration = this._timeoutManager.defaultSlotTimings().elapsed | 0;
   }
 
-  async _runWithRunnableAndFailOnError(runnable: RunnableDescription, cb: () => Promise<void>): Promise<TestInfoError | undefined> {
-    return await this._timeoutManager.withRunnable(runnable, async () => {
-      return await this._runAndFailOnError(cb);
-    });
-  }
-
   async _runAndFailOnError(fn: () => Promise<void>, skips?: 'allowSkips'): Promise<TestInfoError | undefined> {
     try {
       await fn();
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/worker/timeoutManager.ts b/packages/playwright/src/worker/timeoutManager.ts
index 56c73c8d2b63a..56b0272ebad9b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/worker/timeoutManager.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/worker/timeoutManager.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export type TimeSlot = {
   elapsed: number;
 };
 
-export type RunnableType = 'test' | 'beforeAll' | 'afterAll' | 'beforeEach' | 'afterEach' | 'slow' | 'skip' | 'fail' | 'fixme' | 'teardown';
+export type RunnableType = 'test' | 'beforeAll' | 'afterAll' | 'beforeEach' | 'afterEach' | 'afterHooks' | 'slow' | 'skip' | 'fail' | 'fixme' | 'teardown';
 
 export type RunnableDescription = {
   type: RunnableType;
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ export class TimeoutManager {
 
   async withRunnable<R>(runnable: RunnableDescription, cb: () => Promise<R>): Promise<R> {
     const existingRunnable = this._runnable;
-    const effectiveRunnable = { ...this._runnable, ...runnable };
+    const effectiveRunnable = { ...runnable };
+    if (!effectiveRunnable.slot)
+      effectiveRunnable.slot = this._runnable.slot;
     this._updateRunnables(effectiveRunnable, undefined);
     try {
       return await cb();
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ export class TimeoutManager {
     let message = '';
     const timeout = this._currentSlot().timeout;
     switch (this._runnable.type) {
+      case 'afterHooks':
       case 'test': {
         if (this._fixture) {
           if (this._fixture.phase === 'setup') {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts b/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
index b72b7e3450152..b01414f8895be 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
 
     // A timed-out test gets a full additional timeout to run after hooks.
     const afterHooksSlot = testInfo._didTimeout ? { timeout: this._project.project.timeout, elapsed: 0 } : undefined;
-    await testInfo._runAsStepWithRunnable({ category: 'hook', title: 'After Hooks', runnableType: 'afterEach', runnableSlot: afterHooksSlot }, async step => {
+    await testInfo._runAsStepWithRunnable({ category: 'hook', title: 'After Hooks', runnableType: 'afterHooks', runnableSlot: afterHooksSlot }, async step => {
       testInfo._afterHooksStep = step;
       let firstAfterHooksError: TestInfoError | undefined;
       await testInfo._runWithTimeout(async () => {
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
         // Teardown test-scoped fixtures. Attribute to 'test' so that users understand
         // they should probably increase the test timeout to fix this issue.
         debugTest(`tearing down test scope started`);
-        const testScopeError = await testInfo._runWithRunnableAndFailOnError({ type: 'test' }, () => {
+        const testScopeError = await testInfo._runAndFailOnError(() => {
           return this._fixtureRunner.teardownScope('test', testInfo._timeoutManager);
         });
         debugTest(`tearing down test scope finished`);
@@ -463,10 +463,10 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
           debugTest(`running full cleanup after the failure`);
 
           const teardownSlot = { timeout: this._project.project.timeout, elapsed: 0 };
-          await testInfo._timeoutManager.withRunnable({ type: 'test', slot: teardownSlot }, async () => {
+          await testInfo._timeoutManager.withRunnable({ type: 'teardown', slot: teardownSlot }, async () => {
             // Attribute to 'test' so that users understand they should probably increate the test timeout to fix this issue.
             debugTest(`tearing down test scope started`);
-            const testScopeError = await testInfo._runWithRunnableAndFailOnError({ type: 'test' }, () => {
+            const testScopeError = await testInfo._runAndFailOnError(() => {
               return this._fixtureRunner.teardownScope('test', testInfo._timeoutManager);
             });
             debugTest(`tearing down test scope finished`);
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
 
             // Attribute to 'teardown' because worker fixtures are not perceived as a part of a test.
             debugTest(`tearing down worker scope started`);
-            const workerScopeError = await testInfo._runWithRunnableAndFailOnError({ type: 'teardown' }, () => {
+            const workerScopeError = await testInfo._runAndFailOnError(() => {
               return this._fixtureRunner.teardownScope('worker', testInfo._timeoutManager);
             });
             debugTest(`tearing down worker scope finished`);