diff --git a/concurrency/worker.go b/concurrency/worker.go
index 179791efe..72acc7dd0 100644
--- a/concurrency/worker.go
+++ b/concurrency/worker.go
@@ -22,15 +22,22 @@ func NewReusableGoroutinesPool(size int) *ReusableGoroutinesPool {
 }
 
 type ReusableGoroutinesPool struct {
-	jobsMu sync.Mutex
+	jobsMu sync.RWMutex
+	closed bool
 	jobs   chan func()
 }
 
 // Go will run the given function in a worker of the pool.
 // If all workers are busy, Go() will spawn a new goroutine to run the workload.
 func (p *ReusableGoroutinesPool) Go(f func()) {
-	p.jobsMu.Lock()
-	defer p.jobsMu.Unlock()
+	p.jobsMu.RLock()
+	defer p.jobsMu.RUnlock()
+
+	// If the pool is closed, run the function in a new goroutine.
+	if p.closed {
+		go f()
+		return
+	}
 
 	select {
 	case p.jobs <- f:
@@ -46,5 +53,6 @@ func (p *ReusableGoroutinesPool) Go(f func()) {
 func (p *ReusableGoroutinesPool) Close() {
 	p.jobsMu.Lock()
 	defer p.jobsMu.Unlock()
+	p.closed = true
 	close(p.jobs)
 }
diff --git a/concurrency/worker_test.go b/concurrency/worker_test.go
index 1dab55928..c8ceef904 100644
--- a/concurrency/worker_test.go
+++ b/concurrency/worker_test.go
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ func TestReusableGoroutinesPool(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Fatalf("expected %d goroutines after closing, got %d", 0, countGoroutines())
 }
 
+// TestReusableGoroutinesPool_Race tests that Close() and Go() can be called concurrently.
 func TestReusableGoroutinesPool_Race(t *testing.T) {
 	w := NewReusableGoroutinesPool(2)
 
-	var panicked bool
 	var runCountAtomic atomic.Int32
 	const maxMsgCount = 10
 
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ func TestReusableGoroutinesPool_Race(t *testing.T) {
 	testWG.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer testWG.Done()
-		defer func() {
-			if r := recover(); r != nil {
-				panicked = true
-			}
-		}()
 		for i := 0; i < maxMsgCount; i++ {
 			w.Go(func() {
 				runCountAtomic.Add(1)
@@ -90,7 +85,5 @@ func TestReusableGoroutinesPool_Race(t *testing.T) {
 	testWG.Wait() // wait for the test to finish
 
 	runCt := int(runCountAtomic.Load())
-	require.NotZero(t, runCt, "expected at least one run")
-	require.Less(t, runCt, 10, "expected less than 10 runs")
-	require.True(t, panicked, "expected panic")
+	require.Equal(t, runCt, 10, "expected all functions to run")
 }