diff --git a/mux.go b/mux.go
index 74e4e2cf..da2c6fdd 100644
--- a/mux.go
+++ b/mux.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package rueidis
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -394,22 +393,11 @@ func isBroken(err error, w wire) bool {
 	return err != nil && err != ErrClosing && w.Error() != nil
 }
 
-var rngPool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() any {
-		return rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
-	},
-}
-
-func fastrand(n int) (r int) {
-	r = util.FastRand(n)
-	return
-}
-
 func slotfn(n int, ks uint16, noreply bool) uint16 {
 	if n == 1 || ks == cmds.NoSlot || noreply {
 		return 0
 	}
-	return uint16(fastrand(n))
+	return uint16(util.FastRand(n))
 }
 
 type muxslots struct {
diff --git a/pipe.go b/pipe.go
index 2aa7677c..8dace0a3 100644
--- a/pipe.go
+++ b/pipe.go
@@ -340,12 +340,15 @@ func (p *pipe) _background() {
 	}()
 	{
 		p._exit(p._backgroundRead())
-		atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&p.state, 2, 3) // make write goroutine to exit
-		atomic.AddInt32(&p.waits, 1)
-		go func() {
-			<-p.queue.PutOne(cmds.PingCmd)
-			atomic.AddInt32(&p.waits, -1)
-		}()
+		select {
+		case <-p.close:
+		default:
+			atomic.AddInt32(&p.waits, 1)
+			go func() {
+				<-p.queue.PutOne(cmds.PingCmd) // avoid _backgroundWrite hanging at p.queue.WaitForWrite()
+				atomic.AddInt32(&p.waits, -1)
+			}()
+		}
 	}
 	err := p.Error()
 	p.nsubs.Close()
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ func (p *pipe) _background() {
 	resp := newErrResult(err)
 	for atomic.LoadInt32(&p.waits) != 0 {
 		select {
-		case <-p.close:
+		case <-p.close: // p.queue.NextWriteCmd() can only be called after _backgroundWrite
 			_, _, _ = p.queue.NextWriteCmd()
 		default:
 		}
@@ -404,34 +407,27 @@ func (p *pipe) _backgroundWrite() (err error) {
 		flushStart = time.Time{}
 	)
 
-	for atomic.LoadInt32(&p.state) < 3 {
+	for err == nil {
 		if ones[0], multi, ch = p.queue.NextWriteCmd(); ch == nil {
 			if flushDelay != 0 {
 				flushStart = time.Now()
 			}
-			if p.w.Buffered() == 0 {
-				err = p.Error()
-			} else {
-				err = p.w.Flush()
+			if p.w.Buffered() != 0 {
+				if err = p.w.Flush(); err != nil {
+					break
+				}
 			}
-			if err == nil {
-				if atomic.LoadInt32(&p.state) == 1 {
-					ones[0], multi, ch = p.queue.WaitForWrite()
-				} else {
-					runtime.Gosched()
-					continue
+			ones[0], multi, ch = p.queue.WaitForWrite()
+			if flushDelay != 0 && atomic.LoadInt32(&p.waits) > 1 { // do not delay for sequential usage
+				// Blocking commands are executed in dedicated client which is acquired from pool.
+				// So, there is no sense to wait other commands to be written.
+				// https://github.com/redis/rueidis/issues/379
+				var blocked bool
+				for i := 0; i < len(multi) && !blocked; i++ {
+					blocked = multi[i].IsBlock()
 				}
-				if flushDelay != 0 && atomic.LoadInt32(&p.waits) > 1 { // do not delay for sequential usage
-					// Blocking commands are executed in dedicated client which is acquired from pool.
-					// So, there is no sense to wait other commands to be written.
-					// https://github.com/redis/rueidis/issues/379
-					var blocked bool
-					for i := 0; i < len(multi) && !blocked; i++ {
-						blocked = blocked || multi[i].IsBlock()
-					}
-					if !blocked {
-						time.Sleep(flushDelay - time.Since(flushStart)) // ref: https://github.com/redis/rueidis/issues/156
-					}
+				if !blocked {
+					time.Sleep(flushDelay - time.Since(flushStart)) // ref: https://github.com/redis/rueidis/issues/156
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -441,12 +437,6 @@ func (p *pipe) _backgroundWrite() (err error) {
 		for _, cmd := range multi {
 			err = writeCmd(p.w, cmd.Commands())
 		}
-		if err != nil {
-			if err != ErrClosing { // ignore ErrClosing to allow the final PING command to be sent
-				return
-			}
-			runtime.Gosched()
-		}
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -1480,9 +1470,16 @@ func (p *pipe) Close() {
 			p.background()
 		}
 		if block == 1 && (stopping1 || stopping2) { // make sure there is no block cmd
+			atomic.AddInt32(&p.waits, 1)
+			ch := p.queue.PutOne(cmds.PingCmd)
 			select {
-			case <-p.queue.PutOne(cmds.PingCmd):
+			case <-ch:
+				atomic.AddInt32(&p.waits, -1)
 			case <-time.After(time.Second):
+				go func(ch chan RedisResult) {
+					<-ch
+					atomic.AddInt32(&p.waits, -1)
+				}(ch)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pipe_test.go b/pipe_test.go
index da3590cd..85c4597d 100644
--- a/pipe_test.go
+++ b/pipe_test.go
@@ -3433,6 +3433,26 @@ func TestCloseAndWaitPendingCMDs(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
+func TestCloseWithGracefulPeriodExceeded(t *testing.T) {
+	defer ShouldNotLeaked(SetupLeakDetection())
+	p, mock, _, _ := setup(t, ClientOption{})
+	go func() {
+		p.Close()
+	}()
+	mock.Expect("PING")
+	<-p.close
+}
+
+func TestCloseWithPipeliningAndGracefulPeriodExceeded(t *testing.T) {
+	defer ShouldNotLeaked(SetupLeakDetection())
+	p, mock, _, _ := setup(t, ClientOption{AlwaysPipelining: true})
+	go func() {
+		p.Close()
+	}()
+	mock.Expect("PING")
+	<-p.close
+}
+
 func TestAlreadyCanceledContext(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ShouldNotLeaked(SetupLeakDetection())
 	p, _, close, closeConn := setup(t, ClientOption{})