diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d00b2c7644..760da60536 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Oct 24 10:52:17 2016  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* test/lib/test/unit.rb (Test::Unit::Parallel#deal): update the
+	  job status after a task finished, to show idling workers.
+
 Mon Oct 24 10:51:09 2016  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* complex.c (Init_Complex): undefine methods inherited from
diff --git a/test/lib/test/unit.rb b/test/lib/test/unit.rb
index fbd0f18ff1..2d0977eb39 100644
--- a/test/lib/test/unit.rb
+++ b/test/lib/test/unit.rb
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ module Test
           result << r[0..1] unless r[0..1] == [nil,nil]
           rep    << {file: worker.real_file, report: r[2], result: r[3], testcase: r[5]}
           $:.push(*r[4]).uniq!
+          worker.file = nil
+          jobs_status(worker) if @options[:job_status] == :replace
           return true
         when /^p (.+?)$/
           del_jobs_status