A fuel injection pump, for internal combustion engines, wherein a fuel distributing plunger moves angularly and axially in synchronism with the rotation of the engine and which cooperates with a control sleeve which determines the beginning or termination of injection into the cylinders. The control sleeve is controlled by an electrical motor through the motor's rotating shaft which is biased by an urging device circumferentially. The motor shaft is rotated to a predetermined position where the amount of injected fuel becomes small enough to keep engine operation safe if the motor output force exerted on the motor shaft disappears owing to a defect occurring.