diff --git a/client/consensus/beefy/src/communication/request_response/outgoing_requests_engine.rs b/client/consensus/beefy/src/communication/request_response/outgoing_requests_engine.rs
index c642e3dfe581c..fbf464bd639d9 100644
--- a/client/consensus/beefy/src/communication/request_response/outgoing_requests_engine.rs
+++ b/client/consensus/beefy/src/communication/request_response/outgoing_requests_engine.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ impl<B: Block> OnDemandJustificationsEngine<B> {
 	pub async fn next(&mut self) -> Option<BeefyVersionedFinalityProof<B>> {
 		let (peer, req_info, resp) = match &mut self.state {
 			State::Idle => {
-				futures::pending!();
+				futures::future::pending::<()>().await;
 				return None
 			},
 			State::AwaitingResponse(peer, req_info, receiver) => {
diff --git a/client/consensus/beefy/src/tests.rs b/client/consensus/beefy/src/tests.rs
index 44920aaa6faa9..27dc8d81915aa 100644
--- a/client/consensus/beefy/src/tests.rs
+++ b/client/consensus/beefy/src/tests.rs
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ async fn on_demand_beefy_justification_sync() {
 	let dave_index = 3;
 
 	// push 30 blocks
-	let hashes = net.generate_blocks_and_sync(35, session_len, &validator_set, false).await;
+	let mut hashes = net.generate_blocks_and_sync(30, session_len, &validator_set, false).await;
 
 	let fast_peers = fast_peers.into_iter().enumerate();
 	let net = Arc::new(Mutex::new(net));
@@ -951,8 +951,16 @@ async fn on_demand_beefy_justification_sync() {
 	// Spawn Dave, they are now way behind voting and can only catch up through on-demand justif
 	// sync.
 	tokio::spawn(dave_task);
-	// give Dave a chance to spawn and init.
-	run_for(Duration::from_millis(400), &net).await;
+	// Dave pushes and syncs 4 more blocks just to make sure he gets included in gossip.
+	{
+		let mut net_guard = net.lock();
+		let built_hashes =
+			net_guard
+				.peer(dave_index)
+				.generate_blocks(4, BlockOrigin::File, |builder| builder.build().unwrap().block);
+		hashes.extend(built_hashes);
+		net_guard.run_until_sync().await;
+	}
 
 	let (dave_best_blocks, _) =
 		get_beefy_streams(&mut net.lock(), [(dave_index, BeefyKeyring::Dave)].into_iter());
@@ -965,7 +973,10 @@ async fn on_demand_beefy_justification_sync() {
 	// Have the other peers do some gossip so Dave finds out about their progress.
 	finalize_block_and_wait_for_beefy(&net, fast_peers, &[hashes[25], hashes[29]], &[25, 29]).await;
 
-	// Now verify Dave successfully finalized #1 (through on-demand justification request).
+	// Kick Dave's async loop by finalizing another block.
+	client.finalize_block(hashes[2], None).unwrap();
+
+	// And verify Dave successfully finalized #1 (through on-demand justification request).
 	wait_for_best_beefy_blocks(dave_best_blocks, &net, &[1]).await;
 
 	// Give all tasks some cpu cycles to burn through their events queues,
@@ -978,10 +989,6 @@ async fn on_demand_beefy_justification_sync() {
 		&[5, 10, 15, 20, 25],
 	)
 	.await;
-
-	let all_peers = all_peers.into_iter().enumerate();
-	// Now that Dave has caught up, sanity check voting works for all of them.
-	finalize_block_and_wait_for_beefy(&net, all_peers, &[hashes[30], hashes[34]], &[30]).await;
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/client/consensus/beefy/src/worker.rs b/client/consensus/beefy/src/worker.rs
index 3f29dc7abee5c..0abb38d022ef6 100644
--- a/client/consensus/beefy/src/worker.rs
+++ b/client/consensus/beefy/src/worker.rs
@@ -887,11 +887,6 @@ where
 			// based on the new resulting 'state'.
 			futures::select_biased! {
 				// Use `select_biased!` to prioritize order below.
-				// Make sure to pump gossip engine.
-				_ = gossip_engine => {
-					error!(target: LOG_TARGET, "🥩 Gossip engine has terminated, closing worker.");
-					return;
-				},
 				// Process finality notifications first since these drive the voter.
 				notification = finality_notifications.next() => {
 					if let Some(notification) = notification {
@@ -901,6 +896,11 @@ where
 						return;
 					}
 				},
+				// Make sure to pump gossip engine.
+				_ = gossip_engine => {
+					error!(target: LOG_TARGET, "🥩 Gossip engine has terminated, closing worker.");
+					return;
+				},
 				// Process incoming justifications as these can make some in-flight votes obsolete.
 				justif = self.on_demand_justifications.next().fuse() => {
 					if let Some(justif) = justif {