diff --git a/boa_examples/src/bin/futures.rs b/boa_examples/src/bin/futures.rs
index b0dfa164c2a..934ef99f484 100644
--- a/boa_examples/src/bin/futures.rs
+++ b/boa_examples/src/bin/futures.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use boa_engine::{
 use futures_util::{stream::FuturesUnordered, Future};
 use smol::{future, stream::StreamExt, LocalExecutor};
 
+/// An event queue that also drives futures to completion.
 struct Queue<'a> {
     executor: LocalExecutor<'a>,
     futures: RefCell<FuturesUnordered<FutureJob>>,
@@ -40,21 +41,33 @@ impl<'a> JobQueue for Queue<'a> {
     }
 
     fn run_jobs(&self, context: &mut boa_engine::Context<'_>) {
+        // Early return in case there were no jobs scheduled.
+        if self.jobs.borrow().is_empty() && self.futures.borrow().is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+
         let context = RefCell::new(context);
-        // Example implementation of a job queue that also drives futures to completion.
-        future::block_on(self.executor.run(async move {
-            loop {
-                // Need to check if both `futures` and `jobs` are empty, since any of the inner
-                // futures/jobs could schedule more futures/jobs.
-                if self.jobs.borrow().is_empty() && self.futures.borrow().is_empty() {
-                    return;
-                }
 
-                // `jqueue` could finish before `fqueue` finishes scheduling its jobs, so we need a
-                // way to indicate to `jqueue` that it should wait until the `fqueue` finishes.
-                let finished = Cell::new(false);
+        future::block_on(self.executor.run(async move {
+            // Used to sync the finalization of both tasks
+            let finished = Cell::new(0b00u8);
+
+            let fqueue = async {
+                loop {
+                    if self.futures.borrow().is_empty() {
+                        finished.set(finished.get() | 0b01);
+                        if finished.get() >= 0b11 {
+                            // All possible futures and jobs were completed. Exit.
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        // All possible jobs were completed, but `jqueue` could have
+                        // pending jobs. Yield to the executor to try to progress on
+                        // `jqueue` until we have more pending futures.
+                        future::yield_now().await;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    finished.set(finished.get() & 0b10);
 
-                let fqueue = async {
                     // Blocks on all the enqueued futures, driving them all to completion.
                     let futures = &mut std::mem::take(&mut *self.futures.borrow_mut());
                     while let Some(job) = futures.next().await {
@@ -63,34 +76,34 @@ impl<'a> JobQueue for Queue<'a> {
                         // completes.
                         self.enqueue_promise_job(job, &mut context.borrow_mut());
                     }
-                    finished.set(true);
-                };
-
-                let jqueue = async {
-                    loop {
-                        let Some(job) = self.jobs.borrow_mut().pop_front() else {
-                            if finished.get() {
-                                // All possible futures and jobs were completed. Exit.
-                                return;
-                            } else {
-                                // All possible jobs were completed, but `fqueue` could have
-                                // pending futures. Yield to the executor to try to progress on
-                                // `fqueue` until we have more pending jobs.
-                                future::yield_now().await;
-                                continue;
-                            }
-                        };
-
-                        if let Err(e) = job.call(&mut context.borrow_mut()) {
-                            eprintln!("Uncaught {e}");
+                }
+            };
+
+            let jqueue = async {
+                loop {
+                    let Some(job) = self.jobs.borrow_mut().pop_front() else {
+                        finished.set(finished.get() | 0b10);
+                        if finished.get() == 0b11 {
+                            // All possible futures and jobs were completed. Exit.
+                            return;
                         }
+                        // All possible jobs were completed, but `fqueue` could have
+                        // pending futures. Yield to the executor to try to progress on
+                        // `fqueue` until we have more pending jobs.
                         future::yield_now().await;
+                        continue;
+                    };
+                    finished.set(finished.get() & 0b01);
+
+                    if let Err(e) = job.call(&mut context.borrow_mut()) {
+                        eprintln!("Uncaught {e}");
                     }
-                };
+                    future::yield_now().await;
+                }
+            };
 
-                // Wait for both queues to complete
-                future::zip(fqueue, jqueue).await;
-            }
+            // Wait for both queues to complete
+            future::zip(fqueue, jqueue).await;
         }))
     }
 }