diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/iter/broadcast.js b/lib/internal/streams/iter/broadcast.js
index e6a404729d6e0b..e42c9cdce136f6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/iter/broadcast.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/iter/broadcast.js
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ class BroadcastImpl {
               return kDone;
             }
 
+            if (state.resolve) {
+              state.detached = true;
+              return kDone;
+            }
+
             const { promise, resolve, reject } = PromiseWithResolvers();
             state.resolve = resolve;
             state.reject = reject;
@@ -312,6 +317,9 @@ class BroadcastImpl {
         }
         consumer.resolve = null;
         consumer.reject = null;
+        if (consumer.detached && this.#deleteConsumer(consumer)) {
+          this.#tryTrimBuffer();
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -396,6 +404,9 @@ class BroadcastImpl {
           consumer.resolve = null;
           consumer.reject = null;
           resolve({ __proto__: null, done: false, value: chunk });
+          if (consumer.detached && this.#deleteConsumer(consumer)) {
+            this.#tryTrimBuffer();
+          }
         } else {
           // Still waiting -- put back
           ArrayPrototypePush(this.#waiters, consumer);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-broadcast-basic.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-broadcast-basic.js
index ab2c81304ec2ac..9f216b451bc433 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-broadcast-basic.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-broadcast-basic.js
@@ -243,6 +243,27 @@ async function testLateJoinerSeesBufferedData() {
   assert.strictEqual(result, 'before-join');
 }
 
+async function testOverlappingNextKeepsEarlierRead() {
+  const { writer, broadcast: bc } = broadcast();
+  const it = bc.push()[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+
+  const first = it.next();
+  const second = it.next();
+
+  await writer.write('x');
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(await second, {
+    __proto__: null,
+    done: true,
+    value: undefined,
+  });
+
+  const result = await first;
+  assert.strictEqual(result.done, false);
+  assert.strictEqual(Buffer.concat(result.value).toString(), 'x');
+  assert.strictEqual(bc.consumerCount, 0);
+}
+
 Promise.all([
   testBasicBroadcast(),
   testMultipleWrites(),
@@ -257,4 +278,5 @@ Promise.all([
   testFailDetachesConsumers(),
   testWriterFailIdempotent(),
   testLateJoinerSeesBufferedData(),
+  testOverlappingNextKeepsEarlierRead(),
 ]).then(common.mustCall());