diff --git a/maitake/src/sync/wait_cell.rs b/maitake/src/sync/wait_cell.rs
index 1ff6674d..63234a3c 100644
--- a/maitake/src/sync/wait_cell.rs
+++ b/maitake/src/sync/wait_cell.rs
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ pub enum RegisterError {
 pub struct Wait<'a> {
     /// The [`WaitCell`] being waited on.
     cell: &'a WaitCell,
-
-    /// Whether we have already polled once
-    registered: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
@@ -125,16 +122,12 @@ impl WaitCell {
             Err(actual) if test_dbg!(actual.is(State::CLOSED)) => {
                 return Err(RegisterError::Closed);
             }
-            Err(actual) if test_dbg!(actual.is(State::WAKING)) => {
+            Err(actual)
+                if test_dbg!(actual.is(State::WAKING)) || test_dbg!(actual.is(State::WOKEN)) =>
+            {
                 return Err(RegisterError::Waking);
             }
-
-            Err(actual) => {
-                debug_assert!(
-                    actual == State::REGISTERING || actual == State::REGISTERING | State::WAKING
-                );
-                return Err(RegisterError::Registering);
-            }
+            Err(_) => return Err(RegisterError::Registering),
             Ok(_) => {}
         }
 
@@ -192,10 +185,7 @@ impl WaitCell {
     /// **Note**: The calling task's [`Waker`] is not registered until AFTER the
     /// first time the returned [`Wait`] future is polled.
     pub fn wait(&self) -> Wait<'_> {
-        Wait {
-            cell: self,
-            registered: false,
-        }
+        Wait { cell: self }
     }
 
     /// Wake the [`Waker`] stored in this cell.
@@ -242,7 +232,7 @@ impl WaitCell {
     // TODO(eliza): could probably be made a public API...
     pub(crate) fn take_waker(&self, close: bool) -> Option<Waker> {
         trace!(wait_cell = ?fmt::ptr(self), ?close, "notifying");
-        let mut bits = State::WAKING;
+        let mut bits = State::WAKING | State::WOKEN;
         if close {
             bits.0 |= State::CLOSED.0;
         }
@@ -314,17 +304,15 @@ impl Drop for WaitCell {
 impl Future for Wait<'_> {
     type Output = Result<(), super::Closed>;
 
-    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        if self.registered {
-            // We made it to "once", and got polled again, we must be ready!
+    fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        // Try to take the cell's `WOKEN` bit to see if we were previously
+        // waiting and then received a notification.
+        if test_dbg!(self.cell.fetch_and(!State::WOKEN, AcqRel)).is(State::WOKEN) {
             return Poll::Ready(Ok(()));
         }
 
         match test_dbg!(self.cell.register_wait(cx.waker())) {
-            Ok(_) => {
-                self.registered = true;
-                Poll::Pending
-            }
+            Ok(_) => Poll::Pending,
             Err(RegisterError::Registering) => {
                 // Cell was busy parking some other task, all we can do is try again later
                 cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
@@ -347,6 +335,7 @@ impl State {
     const REGISTERING: Self = Self(0b01);
     const WAKING: Self = Self(0b10);
     const CLOSED: Self = Self(0b100);
+    const WOKEN: Self = Self(0b1000);
 
     fn is(self, Self(state): Self) -> bool {
         self.0 & state == state
@@ -373,7 +362,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for State {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let mut has_states = false;
 
-        fmt_bits!(self, f, has_states, REGISTERING, WAKING, CLOSED);
+        fmt_bits!(self, f, has_states, REGISTERING, WAKING, CLOSED, WOKEN);
 
         if !has_states {
             if *self == Self::WAITING {
@@ -395,9 +384,12 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::scheduler::Scheduler;
     use alloc::sync::Arc;
 
+    use tokio_test::{assert_pending, assert_ready_ok, task};
+
     #[test]
     fn wait_smoke() {
         static COMPLETED: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+        let _trace = crate::util::test::trace_init();
 
         let sched = Scheduler::new();
         let wait = Arc::new(WaitCell::new());
@@ -417,6 +409,25 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(tick.completed, 1);
         assert_eq!(COMPLETED.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
     }
+
+    /// Reproduces https://github.com/hawkw/mycelium/issues/449
+    #[test]
+    fn wait_spurious_poll() {
+        let _trace = crate::util::test::trace_init();
+
+        let cell = Arc::new(WaitCell::new());
+        let mut task = task::spawn({
+            let cell = cell.clone();
+            async move { cell.wait().await }
+        });
+
+        assert_pending!(task.poll(), "first poll should be pending");
+        assert_pending!(task.poll(), "second poll should be pending");
+
+        cell.wake();
+
+        assert_ready_ok!(task.poll(), "should have been woken");
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]