diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/JMeterThread.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/JMeterThread.java
index 35f94b26982..a116ca2681c 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/JMeterThread.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/JMeterThread.java
@@ -347,10 +347,10 @@ public void run() {
      * Trigger break/continue/switch to next thread Loop  depending on consumer implementation
      * @param sampler Sampler Base sampler
      * @param threadContext
-     * @param consumer Consumer that will process the tree of elements up to root node
+     * @param consumer Consumer that will process the parent controllers list
      */
     private void triggerLoopLogicalActionOnParentControllers(Sampler sampler, JMeterContext threadContext,
-            Consumer<? super FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser> consumer) {
+            Consumer<List<Controller>> consumer) {
         TransactionSampler transactionSampler = null;
         if (sampler instanceof TransactionSampler transSampler) {
             transactionSampler = transSampler;
@@ -362,11 +362,10 @@ private void triggerLoopLogicalActionOnParentControllers(Sampler sampler, JMeter
                     "Got null subSampler calling findRealSampler for:" +
                     (sampler != null ? sampler.getName() : "null") + ", sampler:" + sampler);
         }
-        // Find parent controllers of current sampler
-        FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser pathToRootTraverser = new FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser(realSampler);
-        testTree.traverse(pathToRootTraverser);
+        // Reuse controller path already computed by TestCompiler
+        List<Controller> controllers = compiler.getControllersForSampler(realSampler);
 
-        consumer.accept(pathToRootTraverser);
+        consumer.accept(controllers);
 
         // bug 52968
         // When using Start Next Loop option combined to TransactionController.
@@ -381,11 +380,10 @@ private void triggerLoopLogicalActionOnParentControllers(Sampler sampler, JMeter
     /**
      * Executes a continue of current loop, equivalent of "continue" in algorithm.
      * As a consequence it ends the first loop it finds on the path to root
-     * @param pathToRootTraverser {@link FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser}
+     * @param controllers parent controllers from nearest to root
      */
-    private static void continueOnCurrentLoop(FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser pathToRootTraverser) {
-        List<Controller> controllersToReinit = pathToRootTraverser.getControllersToRoot();
-        for (Controller parentController : controllersToReinit) {
+    private static void continueOnCurrentLoop(List<Controller> controllers) {
+        for (Controller parentController : controllers) {
             if (parentController instanceof AbstractThreadGroup tg) {
                 tg.startNextLoop();
             } else if (parentController instanceof IteratingController iterController) {
@@ -400,11 +398,10 @@ private static void continueOnCurrentLoop(FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser path
     /**
      * Executes a break of current loop, equivalent of "break" in algorithm.
      * As a consequence it ends the first loop it finds on the path to root
-     * @param pathToRootTraverser {@link FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser}
+     * @param controllers parent controllers from nearest to root
      */
-    private static void breakOnCurrentLoop(FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser pathToRootTraverser) {
-        List<Controller> controllersToReinit = pathToRootTraverser.getControllersToRoot();
-        for (Controller parentController : controllersToReinit) {
+    private static void breakOnCurrentLoop(List<Controller> controllers) {
+        for (Controller parentController : controllers) {
             if (parentController instanceof AbstractThreadGroup tg) {
                 tg.breakThreadLoop();
             } else if (parentController instanceof IteratingController iterController) {
@@ -419,11 +416,10 @@ private static void breakOnCurrentLoop(FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser pathToR
     /**
      * Executes a restart of Thread loop, equivalent of "continue" in algorithm but on Thread Loop.
      * As a consequence it ends all loop on the path to root
-     * @param pathToRootTraverser {@link FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser}
+     * @param controllers parent controllers from nearest to root
      */
-    private static void continueOnThreadLoop(FindTestElementsUpToRootTraverser pathToRootTraverser) {
-        List<Controller> controllersToReinit = pathToRootTraverser.getControllersToRoot();
-        for (Controller parentController : controllersToReinit) {
+    private static void continueOnThreadLoop(List<Controller> controllers) {
+        for (Controller parentController : controllers) {
             if (parentController instanceof AbstractThreadGroup tg) {
                 tg.startNextLoop();
             } else {
diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/SamplePackage.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/SamplePackage.java
index 7265b5b7fbd..deb0b3e2f49 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/SamplePackage.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/SamplePackage.java
@@ -226,4 +226,13 @@ public List<ConfigTestElement> getConfigs() {
         return configs;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the parent controllers from nearest to root.
+     *
+     * @return List of {@link Controller}
+     */
+    public List<Controller> getControllers() {
+        return controllers;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/TestCompiler.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/TestCompiler.java
index 14b537a0e19..a3ca25517a8 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/TestCompiler.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/threads/TestCompiler.java
@@ -114,6 +114,19 @@ public SamplePackage configureTransactionSampler(TransactionSampler transactionS
         return pack;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the parent controllers for the given sampler without
+     * triggering configuration side effects.
+     *
+     * @param sampler the {@link Sampler} to look up
+     * @return parent controllers from nearest to root, or an empty list
+     *         if the sampler has not been compiled
+     */
+    public List<Controller> getControllersForSampler(Sampler sampler) {
+        SamplePackage pack = samplerConfigMap.get(sampler);
+        return pack != null ? pack.getControllers() : List.of();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reset pack to its initial state
      * @param pack the {@link SamplePackage} to reset