diff --git a/mod_http2/h2_workers.c b/mod_http2/h2_workers.c
index ab0dbb75..601c8edb 100644
--- a/mod_http2/h2_workers.c
+++ b/mod_http2/h2_workers.c
@@ -334,16 +334,16 @@ static apr_status_t workers_pool_cleanup(void *data)
      * (ungrateful). Either way, we show limited patience. */
     apr_thread_mutex_lock(workers->lock);
     for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
-        if (apr_atomic_read32(&workers->worker_count)) {
-            rv = apr_thread_cond_timedwait(workers->all_done, workers->lock, timout);
-            if (APR_TIMEUP == rv) {
-                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, workers->s,
-                             APLOGNO() "h2_workers: waiting for idle workers to close");
-                continue;
-            }
-            else {
-                break;
-            }
+        if (!apr_atomic_read32(&workers->worker_count)) {
+            break;
+        }
+        rv = apr_thread_cond_timedwait(workers->all_done, workers->lock, timout);
+        if (APR_TIMEUP == rv) {
+            ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, workers->s,
+                         APLOGNO() "h2_workers: waiting for idle workers to close, "
+                         "still seeing %d workers living",
+                         apr_atomic_read32(&workers->worker_count));
+            continue;
         }
     }
     if (i >= n) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/h2_env.py b/test/e2e/h2_env.py
index 102f77f5..3dfac1f8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/h2_env.py
+++ b/test/e2e/h2_env.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def __init__(self, pytestconfig=None):
         self._e2e_dir = os.path.join(self._test_dir, "e2e")
         self._httpd_base_conf = f"""
         LoadModule mpm_{self.mpm_type}_module  \"{self.libexec_dir}/mod_mpm_{self.mpm_type}.so\"
-        H2MinWorkers 4
-        H2MaxWorkers 32
+        H2MinWorkers 1
+        H2MaxWorkers 64
         SSLSessionCache "shmcb:ssl_gcache_data(32000)"
         """
         py_verbosity = pytestconfig.option.verbose if pytestconfig is not None else 0
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def apache_errors_and_warnings(self):
         if os.path.isfile(self._server_error_log):
             for line in open(self._server_error_log):
                 m = self.RE_APLOGNO.match(line)
-                if m and m.group('aplogno') in ['AH02032', 'AH01276', 'AH01630']:
+                if m and m.group('aplogno') in ['AH02032', 'AH01276', 'AH01630', 'AH00135']:
                     # we know these happen normally in our tests
                     continue
                 m = self.RE_ERRLOG_ERROR.match(line)