diff --git a/src/Driver/ParallelFilesystemDriver.php b/src/Driver/ParallelFilesystemDriver.php
index 8313796..acda854 100644
--- a/src/Driver/ParallelFilesystemDriver.php
+++ b/src/Driver/ParallelFilesystemDriver.php
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ private function selectWorker(): Worker
         if ($this->workerStorage->count() < $this->workerLimit) {
             $this->pendingWorker = async($this->pool->getWorker(...));
             $worker = $this->pendingWorker->await();
+            $this->pendingWorker = null;
 
             $this->workerStorage[$worker] = 1;