diff --git a/public/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.ps1 b/public/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.ps1
index a14dd22d3b5..5f6acc60bd4 100644
--- a/public/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.ps1
+++ b/public/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.ps1
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ function Stop-DbaExternalProcess {
                 }
             }
         } catch {
-            Stop-Function -Message "Error killing $ProcessId on $ComputerName" -ErrorRecord $_ -Continue
+            # No -Continue here: this block has no enclosing loop, so the continue would escape the command
+            # and eat an iteration of whatever loop the caller runs in (#10638).
+            Stop-Function -Message "Error killing $ProcessId on $ComputerName" -ErrorRecord $_
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.Tests.ps1 b/tests/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.Tests.ps1
index d9240b8d26c..a992abf31a3 100644
--- a/tests/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tests/Stop-DbaExternalProcess.Tests.ps1
@@ -92,4 +92,19 @@ Describe $CommandName -Tag IntegrationTests {
             $results.Status | Should -Be "Stopped"
         }
     }
-}
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+
+    Context "When the process does not exist" {
+        It "Warns without eating an iteration of the caller's loop" {
+            # The catch used to run Stop-Function -Continue at the end of the process block, where no loop
+            # encloses it - the continue escaped the command and consumed an iteration of this very loop, so
+            # the counter stayed at zero (#10638). Stop-Process on a process id that does not exist throws.
+            $loopCount = 0
+            foreach ($i in 1..3) {
+                $null = Stop-DbaExternalProcess -ComputerName localhost -ProcessId 2147483647 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Confirm:$false
+                $loopCount++
+            }
+            $loopCount | Should -Be 3
+            ($WarnVar -join " ") | Should -BeLike "*Error killing 2147483647*"
+        }
+    }
+}