diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala
index 9fd98ef5c4..49da1f592b 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import cats.data.Ior
 import cats.effect.Concurrent
 import cats.effect.kernel._
 import cats.effect.kernel.implicits._
-import cats.effect.std.{Console, Queue, QueueSink, QueueSource, Semaphore}
+import cats.effect.std.{Console, CountDownLatch, Queue, QueueSink, QueueSource, Semaphore}
 import cats.effect.Resource.ExitCase
 import cats.syntax.all._
 import fs2.compat._
@@ -231,37 +231,33 @@ final class Stream[+F[_], +O] private[fs2] (private[fs2] val underlying: Pull[F,
     * 2. chunks from each pipe come out of the resulting stream in the same
     *    order as they came out of the pipe, and without skipping any chunk.
     */
-  def broadcastThrough[F2[x] >: F[x]: Concurrent, O2](
-      pipes: Pipe[F2, O, O2]*
-  ): Stream[F2, O2] = {
+  def broadcastThrough[F2[x] >: F[x]: Concurrent, O2](pipes: Pipe[F2, O, O2]*): Stream[F2, O2] = {
     assert(pipes.nonEmpty, s"pipes should not be empty")
-    Stream
-      .eval {
-        (
-          cats.effect.std.CountDownLatch[F2](pipes.length),
-          fs2.concurrent.Topic[F2, Chunk[O]]
-        ).tupled
-      }
-      .flatMap { case (latch, topic) =>
-        def produce = chunks.through(topic.publish)
-
-        def consume(pipe: Pipe[F2, O, O2]): Pipe[F2, Chunk[O], O2] =
-          _.unchunks.through(pipe)
-
-        Stream(pipes: _*)
-          .map { pipe =>
-            Stream
-              .resource(topic.subscribeAwait(1))
-              .flatMap { sub =>
-                // crucial that awaiting on the latch is not passed to
-                // the pipe, so that the pipe cannot interrupt it and alter
-                // the latch count
-                Stream.exec(latch.release >> latch.await) ++ sub.through(consume(pipe))
-              }
+    Stream.force {
+      for {
+        // topic: contains the chunk that the pipes are processing at one point.
+        // until and unless all pipes are finished with it, won't move to next one
+        topic <- Topic[F2, Chunk[O]]
+        // Coordination: neither the producer nor any consumer starts
+        // until and unless all consumers are subscribed to topic.
+        allReady <- CountDownLatch[F2](pipes.length)
+      } yield {
+        val checkIn = allReady.release >> allReady.await
+
+        def dump(pipe: Pipe[F2, O, O2]): Stream[F2, O2] =
+          Stream.resource(topic.subscribeAwait(1)).flatMap { sub =>
+            // Wait until all pipes are ready before consuming.
+            // Crucial: checkin is not passed to the pipe,
+            // so pipe cannot interrupt it and alter the latch count
+            Stream.exec(checkIn) ++ pipe(sub.unchunks)
           }
-          .parJoinUnbounded
-          .concurrently(Stream.eval(latch.await) ++ produce)
+
+        val dumpAll: Stream[F2, O2] = Stream(pipes: _*).map(dump).parJoinUnbounded
+        // Wait until all pipes are checked in before pulling
+        val pump = Stream.exec(allReady.await) ++ topic.publish(chunks)
+        dumpAll.concurrently(pump)
       }
+    }
   }
 
   /** Behaves like the identity function, but requests `n` elements at a time from the input.