diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 296ef14abf..be07520b5b 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ from rest_framework.utils.serializer_helpers import ReturnList
 from polymorphic.models import PolymorphicModel
 
 # django-ansible-base
-from ansible_base.lib.serializers.mixins import CleanTextMixin
+from ansible_base.lib.serializers.mixins import CleanTextMixin, serializer_mediated_persistence_context
 from ansible_base.lib.utils.bulk_validation_audit import audit_bulk_model_instances
 from ansible_base.lib.utils.models import get_type_for_model
 from ansible_base.lib.utils.settings import get_setting
@@ -5278,6 +5278,10 @@ class BulkJobLaunchSerializer(PromptFieldCleanTextMixin, serializers.Serializer)
             )
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
+        with serializer_mediated_persistence_context():
+            return self._create_bulk_job_launch(validated_data)
+
+    def _create_bulk_job_launch(self, validated_data):
         request = self.context.get('request', None)
         launch_user = request.user if request else None
         job_node_data = validated_data.pop('jobs')
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py
index 270a67a457..a9704a2446 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ def test_audit_bulk_model_instances_logs_host_description_on_bulk_create(caplog)
     assert 'main.Host' in caplog.text
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_audit_workflow_job_nodes_skips_when_serializer_already_logged(caplog):
+    from ansible_base.lib.utils.validation_signals import register_serializer_validation_rejection
+
+    wfj = WorkflowJob.objects.create(name='wf-audit-limit-dedupe')
+    node = WorkflowJobNode(workflow_job=wfj, identifier='wf-node-1')
+    node.limit = '<script>x</script>'
+    register_serializer_validation_rejection('main.WorkflowJobNode', 'limit')
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger=LOGGER):
+        audit_workflow_job_nodes_for_bulk_create([node])
+    assert 'ORM bypass' not in caplog.text
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_audit_workflow_job_nodes_logs_limit_pseudo_field(caplog):
     wfj = WorkflowJob.objects.create(name='wf-audit-limit')