diff --git a/sonic-chassisd/scripts/chassisd b/sonic-chassisd/scripts/chassisd
index 28f8950..d392b3b 100755
--- a/sonic-chassisd/scripts/chassisd
+++ b/sonic-chassisd/scripts/chassisd
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ class ChassisdDaemon(daemon_base.DaemonBase):
         super(ChassisdDaemon, self).__init__(log_identifier)
 
         self.stop = threading.Event()
+        self.loop_interval = CHASSIS_INFO_UPDATE_PERIOD_SECS
 
     # Override signal handler from DaemonBase
     def signal_handler(self, sig, frame):
@@ -669,25 +670,32 @@ class ChassisdDaemon(daemon_base.DaemonBase):
             self.log_error("Chassisd not supported for this platform")
             sys.exit(CHASSIS_NOT_SUPPORTED)
 
-        # Start configuration manager task on supervisor module
-        if self.module_updater.supervisor_slot == self.module_updater.my_slot:
-            config_manager = ConfigManagerTask()
-            config_manager.task_run()
-        else:
-            config_manager = None
-
-        # Start main loop
-        self.log_info("Start daemon main loop")
-
-        while not self.stop.wait(CHASSIS_INFO_UPDATE_PERIOD_SECS):
-            self.module_updater.module_db_update()
-            self.module_updater.check_midplane_reachability()
-            self.module_updater.module_down_chassis_db_cleanup()
-
-        self.log_info("Stop daemon main loop")
-
-        if config_manager is not None:
-            config_manager.task_stop()
+        try:
+            # Start configuration manager task on supervisor module
+            if self.module_updater.supervisor_slot == self.module_updater.my_slot:
+                self.config_manager = ConfigManagerTask()
+                self.config_manager.task_run()
+            else:
+                self.config_manager = None
+
+            # Start main loop
+            self.log_info("Start daemon main loop")
+
+            while not self.stop.wait(self.loop_interval):
+                self.module_updater.module_db_update()
+                self.module_updater.check_midplane_reachability()
+                self.module_updater.module_down_chassis_db_cleanup()
+
+            self.log_info("Stop daemon main loop")
+
+            if config_manager is not None:
+                config_manager.task_stop()
+        finally:
+            # If we don't cleanup the config_manager process the chassisd process
+            # won't die when an exception occurs.
+            # https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-buildimage/issues/24775
+            if self.config_manager is not None:
+                self.config_manager.task_stop()
 
         # Delete all the information from DB and then exit
         self.module_updater.deinit()
diff --git a/sonic-chassisd/tests/test_chassisd.py b/sonic-chassisd/tests/test_chassisd.py
index 83418a9..b072a33 100644
--- a/sonic-chassisd/tests/test_chassisd.py
+++ b/sonic-chassisd/tests/test_chassisd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import mock
+import pytest
+import time
 from imp import load_source
 
 from mock import Mock, MagicMock, patch
@@ -968,3 +970,23 @@ def test_chassis_db_bootup_with_empty_slot():
     assert status == fvs[CHASSIS_MODULE_INFO_OPERSTATUS_FIELD]
     assert down_module_lc1_key in sup_module_updater.down_modules.keys()
     
+def test_chassis_daemon_assertion():
+    daemon_chassisd = ChassisdDaemon(SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER)
+
+    # Reduce wait time from 10s to 1s to speed up test
+    daemon_chassisd.loop_interval=1
+
+    # Simulate an Assertion occurring in the forever loop
+    with patch('chassisd.ModuleUpdater.module_db_update', MagicMock(side_effect=AssertionError)):
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            daemon_chassisd.run()
+
+    # Wait for the child thread to die
+    start = time.time()
+    timeout = 30
+    while time.time() - start < timeout:
+        if not daemon_chassisd.config_manager._task_process.is_alive():
+            break
+        time.sleep(1)
+    else:
+        assert False, "config_manager thread never died"