diff --git a/mjit_worker.c b/mjit_worker.c
index ba90cca7b6..9157e3a78a 100644
--- a/mjit_worker.c
+++ b/mjit_worker.c
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ mjit_worker(void)
 
         // Wait until a unit becomes available
         CRITICAL_SECTION_START(3, "in worker dequeue");
-        while ((pending_stale_p || list_empty(&unit_queue.head) || active_units.length >= mjit_opts.max_cache_size) && !stop_worker_p) {
+        while ((list_empty(&unit_queue.head) || active_units.length >= mjit_opts.max_cache_size) && !stop_worker_p) {
             rb_native_cond_wait(&mjit_worker_wakeup, &mjit_engine_mutex);
             verbose(3, "Getting wakeup from client");
 
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 6eb5e0b0ee..c45284dc14 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR RUBY_API_VERSION_MINOR
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 2
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_DAY_STR
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 76
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 77
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2021
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 5