diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Bus/Batch.php b/src/Illuminate/Bus/Batch.php
index bcfb898cb940..c9b8d376d71e 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Bus/Batch.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Bus/Batch.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Factory as QueueFactory;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedClosure;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SyncQueue;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use JsonSerializable;
@@ -184,15 +185,30 @@ public function add($jobs)
             return $job;
         });
 
-        $this->repository->transaction(function () use ($jobs, $count) {
+        $queueConnection = $this->queue->connection($this->options['connection'] ?? null);
+
+        if ($queueConnection instanceof SyncQueue) {
             $this->repository->incrementTotalJobs($this->id, $count);
 
-            $this->queue->connection($this->options['connection'] ?? null)->bulk(
-                $jobs->all(),
-                $data = '',
-                $this->options['queue'] ?? null
-            );
-        });
+            try {
+                $queueConnection->bulk(
+                    $jobs->all(),
+                    $data = '',
+                    $this->options['queue'] ?? null
+                );
+            } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            }
+        } else {
+            $this->repository->transaction(function () use ($jobs, $count, $queueConnection) {
+                $this->repository->incrementTotalJobs($this->id, $count);
+
+                $queueConnection->bulk(
+                    $jobs->all(),
+                    $data = '',
+                    $this->options['queue'] ?? null
+                );
+            });
+        }
 
         return $this->fresh();
     }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Queue/JobChainingTest.php b/tests/Integration/Queue/JobChainingTest.php
index 0e48619f9d57..9f7265e40463 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Queue/JobChainingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Queue/JobChainingTest.php
@@ -484,6 +484,24 @@ public function testChainBatchFailureNotAllowed()
         $this->assertEquals(['batch failed', 'chain failed'], JobRunRecorder::$failures);
     }
 
+    public function testChainBatchFailureNotAllowedOnSyncDoesNotDuplicateChainCatch()
+    {
+        config(['queue.default' => 'sync']);
+
+        JobRunRecorder::reset();
+
+        Bus::chain([
+            new JobChainingNamedTestJob('c1'),
+            Bus::batch([
+                new JobChainingTestFailingBatchedJob('fb-sync'),
+            ])->allowFailures(false)->catch(fn () => JobRunRecorder::recordFailure('batch failed')),
+            new JobChainingNamedTestJob('c2'),
+        ])->catch(fn () => JobRunRecorder::recordFailure('chain failed'))->dispatch();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['batch failed', 'chain failed'], JobRunRecorder::$failures);
+        $this->assertSame(1, collect(JobRunRecorder::$failures)->filter(fn ($m) => $m === 'chain failed')->count());
+    }
+
     public function testChainConditionable()
     {
         $chain = Bus::chain([])