diff --git a/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorMerge.java b/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorMerge.java
index 98cb548391..d2f52cb204 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorMerge.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorMerge.java
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ void tryEmit(InnerSubscriber<T> subscriber, T value) {
             if (r != 0L) {
                 synchronized (this) {
                     // if nobody is emitting and child has available requests
-                    if (!emitting) {
+                    r = producer.get();
+                    if (!emitting && r != 0L) {
                         emitting = true;
                         success = true;
                     }
@@ -422,7 +423,8 @@ void tryEmit(T value) {
             if (r != 0L) {
                 synchronized (this) {
                     // if nobody is emitting and child has available requests
-                    if (!emitting) {
+                    r = producer.get();
+                    if (!emitting && r != 0L) {
                         emitting = true;
                         success = true;
                     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/rx/BackpressureTests.java b/src/test/java/rx/BackpressureTests.java
index ffa2e01129..439b18a08f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rx/BackpressureTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rx/BackpressureTests.java
@@ -123,6 +123,30 @@ public void testMergeAsync() {
         assertTrue(c2.get() < RxRingBuffer.SIZE * 5);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMergeAsyncThenObserveOnLoop() {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
+            if (i % 10 == 0) {
+                System.out.println("testMergeAsyncThenObserveOnLoop >> " + i);
+            }
+            // Verify there is no MissingBackpressureException
+            int NUM = (int) (RxRingBuffer.SIZE * 4.1);
+            AtomicInteger c1 = new AtomicInteger();
+            AtomicInteger c2 = new AtomicInteger();
+            
+            TestSubscriber<Integer> ts = new TestSubscriber<Integer>();
+            Observable<Integer> merged = Observable.merge(
+                    incrementingIntegers(c1).subscribeOn(Schedulers.computation()),
+                    incrementingIntegers(c2).subscribeOn(Schedulers.computation()));
+
+            merged.observeOn(Schedulers.io()).take(NUM).subscribe(ts);
+            ts.awaitTerminalEvent();
+            ts.assertNoErrors();
+            System.out.println("testMergeAsyncThenObserveOn => Received: " + ts.getOnNextEvents().size() + "  Emitted: " + c1.get() + " / " + c2.get());
+            assertEquals(NUM, ts.getOnNextEvents().size());
+        }
+    }
+    
     @Test
     public void testMergeAsyncThenObserveOn() {
         int NUM = (int) (RxRingBuffer.SIZE * 4.1);