diff --git a/src/mbgl/actor/scheduler.cpp b/src/mbgl/actor/scheduler.cpp
index 707de734d..68a55cbef 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/actor/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/actor/scheduler.cpp
@@ -48,29 +48,22 @@ std::shared_ptr<Scheduler> Scheduler::GetBackground() {
 
 // static
 std::shared_ptr<Scheduler> Scheduler::GetSequenced() {
-    const std::size_t kSchedulersCount = 10;
+    constexpr std::size_t kSchedulersCount = 10;
     static std::vector<std::weak_ptr<Scheduler>> weaks(kSchedulersCount);
     static std::mutex mtx;
     static std::size_t lastUsedIndex = 0u;
 
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
+    std::lock_guard lock(mtx);
 
-    if (++lastUsedIndex == kSchedulersCount) lastUsedIndex = 0u;
+    lastUsedIndex = (lastUsedIndex + 1) % kSchedulersCount;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<Scheduler> result;
-    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < kSchedulersCount; ++i) {
-        auto& weak = weaks[i];
-        if (auto scheduler = weak.lock()) {
-            if (lastUsedIndex == i) result = scheduler;
-            continue;
-        }
-        result = std::make_shared<SequencedScheduler>();
-        weak = result;
-        lastUsedIndex = i;
-        break;
+    if (auto scheduler = weaks[lastUsedIndex].lock()) {
+        return scheduler;
+    } else {
+        auto result = std::make_shared<SequencedScheduler>();
+        weaks[lastUsedIndex] = result;
+        return result;
     }
-
-    return result;
 }
 
 } // namespace mbgl
diff --git a/test/util/async_task.test.cpp b/test/util/async_task.test.cpp
index fd58cfd5a..1fc7acf53 100644
--- a/test/util/async_task.test.cpp
+++ b/test/util/async_task.test.cpp
@@ -206,13 +206,22 @@ TEST(AsyncTask, SequencedScheduler) {
 }
 
 TEST(AsyncTask, MultipleSequencedSchedulers) {
-    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Scheduler>> shedulers;
+    constexpr std::size_t kSchedulersCount = 10; // must match the value in the scheduler
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
-        std::shared_ptr<Scheduler> scheduler = Scheduler::GetSequenced();
-        EXPECT_TRUE(std::none_of(
-            shedulers.begin(), shedulers.end(), [&scheduler](const auto &item) { return item == scheduler; }));
-        shedulers.emplace_back(std::move(scheduler));
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Scheduler>> schedulers;
+
+    // Regression check, the scheduler assignment was previously sensitive to the state of the weak references.
+    // If expired weak references followed a still-valid one, both after the last-used index, the index would
+    // be incremented multiple times.
+    auto temp = Scheduler::GetSequenced();
+    temp = Scheduler::GetSequenced();
+
+    // Check that exactly N unique schedulers are produced.
+    // Note that this relies on no other threads requesting schedulers.
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < kSchedulersCount; ++i) {
+        auto scheduler = Scheduler::GetSequenced();
+        EXPECT_TRUE(std::ranges::find(schedulers, scheduler) == schedulers.end());
+        schedulers.emplace_back(std::move(scheduler));
     }
-    EXPECT_EQ(shedulers.front(), std::shared_ptr<Scheduler>(Scheduler::GetSequenced()));
+    EXPECT_EQ(schedulers.front(), Scheduler::GetSequenced());
 }