diff --git a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/Context.java b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/Context.java
index f81765d510..bddf8215f3 100644
--- a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/Context.java
+++ b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/Context.java
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ public interface Context {
 
     XQueryContext getRootContext();
 
+    /**
+     * Create a new context ("Inner Context") that will share some state with this context.
+     * After calling this {@link #setShared(boolean)} should be set to true.
+     *
+     * @return an inner context.
+     */
     XQueryContext copyContext();
 
     /**
@@ -338,6 +344,13 @@ public interface Context {
      */
     boolean lockDocumentsOnLoad();
 
+    /**
+     * When set as true, it indicates that this Context (often known as the Inner Context)
+     * shares some state with another Context (often known as the Outer Context).
+     * This should be set to true after any call to {@link #copyContext()}.
+     *
+     * @param shared set to true if this context shares state with another context, false otherwise.
+     */
     void setShared(boolean shared);
 
     boolean isShared();
diff --git a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/XQueryContext.java b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/XQueryContext.java
index d93b0a6159..a30ccc50e7 100644
--- a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/XQueryContext.java
+++ b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/XQueryContext.java
@@ -1483,15 +1483,17 @@ public void reset(final boolean keepGlobals) {
             watchdog.reset();
         }
 
-        /*
-            NOTE: we use `modules` (and not `allModules`) here so as to only reset
-            the modules of this module.
-            The inner call to `module.reset` will be called on sub-modules
-            which in-turn will reset their modules, and so on.
-         */
-        for (final Module[] modules : modules.values()) {
-            for (final Module module : modules) {
-                module.reset(this, keepGlobals);
+        if (!isShared) {
+            /*
+                NOTE: we use `modules` (and not `allModules`) here so as to only reset
+                the modules of this module.
+                The inner call to `module.reset` will be called on sub-modules
+                which in-turn will reset their modules, and so on.
+            */
+            for (final Module[] modules : modules.values()) {
+                for (final Module module : modules) {
+                    module.reset(this, keepGlobals);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -1501,7 +1503,9 @@ public void reset(final boolean keepGlobals) {
 
         clearUpdateListeners();
 
-        profiler.reset();
+        if (!isShared) {
+            profiler.reset();
+        }
 
         if (!keepGlobals) {
             httpContext = null;
diff --git a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/functions/util/Eval.java b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/functions/util/Eval.java
index 2b3766a74e..3119c396b8 100644
--- a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/functions/util/Eval.java
+++ b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/functions/util/Eval.java
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ private Sequence execute(final DBBroker broker, final XQuery xqueryService, fina
                 compiled.getContext().prepareForReuse();
             }
 
-            Sequence sequence = xqueryService.execute(broker, compiled, exprContext, outputProperties, false);
+            Sequence sequence = xqueryService.execute(broker, compiled, exprContext, outputProperties, true);
             ValueSequence newSeq = new ValueSequence();
             newSeq.keepUnOrdered(unordered);
             boolean hasSupplements = false;
@@ -496,10 +496,9 @@ private Sequence execute(final DBBroker broker, final XQuery xqueryService, fina
                 if (compiled.getContext() != null) {
                     compiled.getContext().runCleanupTasks();
                 }
+
                 if (cache) {
                     pool.returnCompiledXQuery(querySource, compiled);
-                } else {
-                    compiled.reset();
                 }
             }
         }