diff --git a/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.cpp b/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.cpp
index 826da7c6db7..d842f5c5937 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
     extern const int TOO_MANY_SIMULTANEOUS_QUERIES;
     extern const int QUERY_WITH_SAME_ID_IS_ALREADY_RUNNING;
     extern const int LOGICAL_ERROR;
+    extern const int QUERY_WAS_CANCELLED;
 }
 
 
@@ -291,6 +292,9 @@ QueryStatus::QueryStatus(
     , client_info(client_info_)
     , priority_handle(std::move(priority_handle_))
 {
+    auto settings = getContext()->getSettings();
+    limits.max_execution_time = settings.max_execution_time;
+    overflow_mode = settings.timeout_overflow_mode;
 }
 
 QueryStatus::~QueryStatus()
@@ -326,6 +330,14 @@ void QueryStatus::removePipelineExecutor(PipelineExecutor * e)
     std::erase_if(executors, [e](PipelineExecutor * x) { return x == e; });
 }
 
+bool QueryStatus::checkTimeLimit()
+{
+    if (is_killed.load())
+        throw Exception("Query was cancelled", ErrorCodes::QUERY_WAS_CANCELLED);
+
+    return limits.checkTimeLimit(watch, overflow_mode);
+}
+
 
 void QueryStatus::setUserProcessList(ProcessListForUser * user_process_list_)
 {
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.h b/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.h
index 2c1bc0b0a85..52a476c2a48 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.h
+++ b/src/Interpreters/ProcessList.h
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <Core/Defines.h>
-#include <QueryPipeline/BlockIO.h>
 #include <IO/Progress.h>
 #include <Interpreters/CancellationCode.h>
 #include <Interpreters/ClientInfo.h>
 #include <Interpreters/QueryPriorities.h>
+#include <QueryPipeline/BlockIO.h>
+#include <QueryPipeline/ExecutionSpeedLimits.h>
 #include <Storages/IStorage_fwd.h>
 #include <Poco/Condition.h>
 #include <Common/CurrentMetrics.h>
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ protected:
     friend class ThreadStatus;
     friend class CurrentThread;
     friend class ProcessListEntry;
-    friend class PipelineExecutor;
 
     String query;
     ClientInfo client_info;
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ protected:
     /// Progress of output stream
     Progress progress_out;
 
+    /// Used to externally check for the query time limits
+    /// They are saved in the constructor to limit the overhead of each call to checkTimeLimit()
+    ExecutionSpeedLimits limits;
+    OverflowMode overflow_mode;
+
     QueryPriorities::Handle priority_handle;
 
     std::atomic<bool> is_killed { false };
@@ -170,6 +175,9 @@ public:
 
     /// Removes a pipeline to the QueryStatus
     void removePipelineExecutor(PipelineExecutor * e);
+
+    /// Checks the query time limits (cancelled or timeout)
+    bool checkTimeLimit();
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.cpp b/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.cpp
index c1ae48014c3..53e26481b3a 100644
--- a/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.cpp
+++ b/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ namespace DB
 namespace ErrorCodes
 {
     extern const int LOGICAL_ERROR;
-    extern const int QUERY_WAS_CANCELLED;
 }
 
 
@@ -45,12 +44,9 @@ PipelineExecutor::PipelineExecutor(Processors & processors, QueryStatus * elem)
     }
     if (process_list_element)
     {
-        auto settings = process_list_element->getContext()->getSettings();
         // Add the pipeline to the QueryStatus at the end to avoid issues if other things throw
         // as that would leave the executor "linked"
         process_list_element->addPipelineExecutor(this);
-        limits.max_execution_time = settings.max_execution_time;
-        overflow_mode = settings.timeout_overflow_mode;
     }
 }
 
@@ -136,15 +132,12 @@ bool PipelineExecutor::checkTimeLimit()
 {
     if (process_list_element)
     {
-        if (process_list_element->isKilled())
-            throw Exception("Query was cancelled", ErrorCodes::QUERY_WAS_CANCELLED);
-
-        bool cont = limits.checkTimeLimit(process_list_element->watch, overflow_mode);
+        bool continuing = process_list_element->checkTimeLimit();
         // We call cancel here so that all processors are notified and tasks waken up
         // so that the "break" is faster and doesn't wait for long events
-        if (!cont)
+        if (!continuing)
             cancel();
-        return cont;
+        return continuing;
     }
 
     return true;
diff --git a/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.h b/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.h
index 1675082f08e..dd3212caca8 100644
--- a/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.h
+++ b/src/Processors/Executors/PipelineExecutor.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include <Processors/IProcessor.h>
 #include <Processors/Executors/ExecutorTasks.h>
-#include <QueryPipeline/ExecutionSpeedLimits.h>
 #include <Common/EventCounter.h>
 #include <base/logger_useful.h>
 
@@ -75,9 +74,6 @@ private:
     void finish();
 
     String dumpPipeline() const;
-
-    ExecutionSpeedLimits limits;
-    OverflowMode overflow_mode;
 };
 
 using PipelineExecutorPtr = std::shared_ptr<PipelineExecutor>;
diff --git a/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemNumbers.cpp b/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemNumbers.cpp
index f1fde8b79b6..c09279e65ac 100644
--- a/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemNumbers.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemNumbers.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <QueryPipeline/Pipe.h>
 #include <Processors/LimitTransform.h>
 
-#include <Interpreters/Context.h>
 
 namespace DB
 {