diff --git a/tests/ShouldSendWithoutBlockingQUIC/main.cpp b/tests/ShouldSendWithoutBlockingQUIC/main.cpp
index 2e9fd93..0fbb8aa 100644
--- a/tests/ShouldSendWithoutBlockingQUIC/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/ShouldSendWithoutBlockingQUIC/main.cpp
@@ -178,16 +178,23 @@ int main() {
             // reader before the pool is parked.
             WaitFor([&] { return readersStarted.load() > before; }, std::chrono::seconds(10));
 
-            std::atomic<bool> release = false;
-            std::atomic<unsigned> parked = 0;
+            // Leaked, and released only once every parked task has left, so
+            // none reads it after this block.
+            struct Parking {
+                std::atomic<bool> release = false;
+                std::atomic<unsigned> parked = 0;
+                std::atomic<unsigned> left = 0;
+            };
+            Parking& parking = *new Parking;
             const unsigned workers = ThreadPool::activeThreads.load();
             for (unsigned i = 0; i < workers * 2; ++i) {
-                ThreadPool::Enqueue([&] {
-                    ++parked;
-                    while (!release.load()) std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1));
+                ThreadPool::Enqueue([&parking] {
+                    ++parking.parked;
+                    while (!parking.release.load()) std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1));
+                    ++parking.left;
                 });
             }
-            const bool allParked = WaitFor([&] { return parked.load() >= workers; }, std::chrono::seconds(10));
+            const bool allParked = WaitFor([&] { return parking.parked.load() >= workers; }, std::chrono::seconds(10));
 
             constexpr int links = 100;
             auto done = std::make_shared<std::atomic<int>>(0);
@@ -208,7 +215,8 @@ int main() {
             Check(allParked && finished && ok->load(),
                   std::format("with all {} pool workers parked, a chain of {} sends, each from the last one's onSent, completed",
                               workers, done->load()));
-            release = true;
+            parking.release = true;
+            WaitFor([&] { return parking.left.load() == workers * 2; }, std::chrono::seconds(10));
             const bool arrived = WaitFor([&] { return received.Of('B').has_value(); }, std::chrono::seconds(10));
             Check(arrived && FollowsPattern(*received.Of('B'), links), "and the peer read them all, in order");
             *chain = nullptr;