diff --git a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c5da2c96e2e4..54219e0f31eed 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed the PyTorch Inference locally on GPU ([#15813](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15813))
 
 
+- Fixed the `enable_spawn` method of the `WorkRunExecutor` ([#15812](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15812))
+
+
 ## [1.8.2] - 2022-11-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py b/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py
index 07b03da7d9201..2e7dc6ce7efec 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from deepdiff import DeepDiff, Delta
 from lightning_utilities.core.apply_func import apply_to_collection
 
+from lightning_app.core.queues import MultiProcessQueue
 from lightning_app.storage import Path
 from lightning_app.storage.copier import _Copier, _copy_files
 from lightning_app.storage.drive import _maybe_create_drive, Drive
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ def enable_spawn(self) -> Generator:
         yield
 
     def _clean_queues(self):
-        if "LIGHTNING_APP_STATE_URL" in os.environ:
+        if not isinstance(self.work._request_queue, MultiProcessQueue):
             self.work._request_queue = self.work._request_queue.to_dict()
             self.work._response_queue = self.work._response_queue.to_dict()