diff --git a/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php b/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
index bc027813b..cc4a23e9a 100644
--- a/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
+++ b/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
@@ -2044,21 +2044,27 @@ JS
 			if (is_null($oConfig) || ContextTag::Check(ContextTag::TAG_CRON)) {
 				return;
 			}
-			// Use mutex to check if cron is running
+			// Limit the number of cron process to run in parallel
+			$iMaxCronProcess = $oConfig->Get('cron.max_process');
+			$iCount = 1;
+			$iMaxDuration = $oConfig->Get('cron_max_execution_time');
+			$iTimeLimit = time() + $iMaxDuration;
+			do {
+				$bIsRunning = false;
+				// Use all mutexes to check if cron is running
+				for ($i = 0; $i < $iMaxCronProcess; $i++) {
+					$sName = "cron#$i";
+
 			$oMutex = new iTopMutex(
-				'cron'.$oConfig->Get('db_name').$oConfig->Get('db_subname'),
+						$sName.$oConfig->Get('db_name').$oConfig->Get('db_subname'),
 				$oConfig->Get('db_host'),
 				$oConfig->Get('db_user'),
 				$oConfig->Get('db_pwd'),
 				$oConfig->Get('db_tls.enabled'),
 				$oConfig->Get('db_tls.ca')
 			);
-			$iCount = 1;
-			$iStarted = time();
-			$iMaxDuration = $oConfig->Get('cron_max_execution_time');
-			$iTimeLimit = $iStarted + $iMaxDuration;
-			while ($oMutex->IsLocked())
-			{
+					if ($oMutex->IsLocked()) {
+						$bIsRunning = true;
 				SetupLog::Info("Waiting for cron to stop ($iCount)");
 				$iCount++;
 				sleep(1);
@@ -2066,8 +2072,12 @@ JS
 				{
 					throw new Exception("Cannot enter $sMode mode, consider stopping the cron temporarily");
 				}
+						break;
+					}
 			}
-		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			} while ($bIsRunning);
+		}
+		catch (Exception $e) {
 			// Ignore errors
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/webservices/cron.php b/webservices/cron.php
index 22b429b83..23eb900b4 100644
--- a/webservices/cron.php
+++ b/webservices/cron.php
@@ -211,12 +211,10 @@ function CronExec($oP, $bVerbose, $bDebug=false)
 		$oSearch->AddCondition('next_run_date', $sNow, '<=');
 		$oSearch->AddCondition('status', 'active');
 		$oTasks = new DBObjectSet($oSearch, ['next_run_date' => true]);
-		$bWorkDone = false;
 
+		$aTasks = [];
 		if ($oTasks->CountExceeds(0))
 		{
-			$bWorkDone = true;
-			$aTasks = array();
 			if ($bVerbose)
 			{
 				$sCount = $oTasks->Count();
@@ -227,10 +225,15 @@ function CronExec($oP, $bVerbose, $bDebug=false)
 			}
 			while ($oTask = $oTasks->Fetch())
 			{
-				$aTasks[$oTask->Get('class_name')] = $oTask;
+				$sTaskName = $oTask->Get('class_name');
+				$oTaskMutex = new iTopMutex("cron_$sTaskName");
+				if ($oTaskMutex->IsLocked()) {
+					// Already running, ignore
+					continue;
+				}
+				$aTasks[] = $oTask;
 				if ($bVerbose)
 				{
-					$sTaskName = $oTask->Get('class_name');
 					$sStatus = $oTask->Get('status');
 					$sLastRunDate = $oTask->Get('latest_run_date');
 					$sNextRunDate = $oTask->Get('next_run_date');
@@ -242,8 +245,9 @@ function CronExec($oP, $bVerbose, $bDebug=false)
 				$oP->p('+---------------------------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+');
 			}
 			$aRunTasks = [];
-			foreach ($aTasks as $oTask)
-			{
+			while ($aTasks != []) {
+				$oTask = array_shift($aTasks);
+
 				$sTaskClass = $oTask->Get('class_name');
 
 				// Check if the current task is running
@@ -253,11 +257,6 @@ function CronExec($oP, $bVerbose, $bDebug=false)
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				// Just to indicate to Itop that the cron is running for setup
-				// The mutex will be released when the process dies
-				$oCronMutex = new iTopMutex('cron');
-				$oCronMutex->TryLock();
-
 				$aRunTasks[] = $sTaskClass;
 
 				// N°3219 for each process will use a specific CMDBChange object with a specific track info
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ function CronExec($oP, $bVerbose, $bDebug=false)
 				}
 				try
 				{
-					$sMessage = RunTask($aTasks[$sTaskClass], $iTimeLimit);
+					$sMessage = RunTask($oTask, $iTimeLimit);
 				} catch (MySQLHasGoneAwayException $e)
 				{
 					$oP->p("ERROR : 'MySQL has gone away' thrown when processing $sTaskClass  (error_code=".$e->getCode().")");
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ function CronExec($oP, $bVerbose, $bDebug=false)
 			}
 
 			// Tasks to run later
-			if ($bVerbose)
+			if ($bVerbose && $aTasks == [])
 			{
 				$oP->p('--');
 				$oSearch = new DBObjectSearch('BackgroundTask');
@@ -323,12 +322,12 @@ function CronExec($oP, $bVerbose, $bDebug=false)
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
-		if ($bVerbose && $bWorkDone)
-		{
-			$oP->p("Sleeping...\n");
+		if ($aTasks == []) {
+			if ($bVerbose) {
+				$oP->p("Sleeping...\n");
+			}
+			sleep($iCronSleep);
 		}
-		sleep($iCronSleep);
 	}
 	if ($bVerbose)
 	{