diff --git a/emper/Runtime.hpp b/emper/Runtime.hpp
index f52a5843ff072319d0507850803449c6fafcbad7..5e417ab95942cb9add742c44493a6e3ab9df5f95 100644
--- a/emper/Runtime.hpp
+++ b/emper/Runtime.hpp
@@ -84,7 +84,14 @@ class Runtime : public Logger<LogSubsystem::RUNTI> {
 			// This is sound because wakeupSleepingWorkers() is called from a active
 			// worker which will observe its own new work in its next dispatchLoop before
 			// going to sleep.
-			skipWakeupThreshold = -1;
+
+			// Note that sem_getvalue() is allowed to return 0 if there are
+			// waiting workers, hence we need to set the threshold also to
+			// 0. This has the disadvantage that we will perform one
+			// unnecessary sem_post. If we ever switch the wakeupSem
+			// implementation, then the skipWakeupThreshold value should be
+			// reviewed and potentially changed to '-1'.
+			skipWakeupThreshold = 0;
 		}
 
 		int semValue;