diff --git a/pkg/agent/agent_test.go b/pkg/agent/agent_test.go
index fab7656df..eac0d8cb4 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/agent_test.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/agent_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,41 @@ func TestAgent(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Fail(t, "job assignment timeout")
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("dispatch burst does not wait for the CheckEnabled timeout", func(t *testing.T) {
+		bus := psrpc.NewLocalMessageBus()
+		server := testutils.NewTestServer(bus)
+		t.Cleanup(server.Close)
+
+		rpcClient := must.Get(rpc.NewAgentInternalClient(bus))
+		registered := must.Get(rpcClient.SubscribeWorkerRegistered(context.Background(), agent.DefaultHandlerNamespace))
+		defer registered.Close()
+
+		worker := server.SimulateAgentWorker(testutils.WithJobLoad(testutils.NewStableJobLoad(0)))
+		worker.Register(testAgentName, livekit.JobType_JT_ROOM)
+		select {
+		case <-registered.Channel():
+		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+			require.Fail(t, "registration timeout")
+		}
+
+		client := must.Get(agent.NewAgentClient(bus, agent.Config{}))
+		t.Cleanup(func() { _ = client.Stop() })
+
+		const jobCount = 60 // more than the client's 50 pool workers
+		start := time.Now()
+		for range jobCount {
+			go client.LaunchJob(context.Background(), &agent.JobRequest{
+				JobType:   livekit.JobType_JT_ROOM,
+				Room:      &livekit.Room{},
+				AgentName: testAgentName,
+			})
+		}
+		require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+			return len(worker.Jobs()) == jobCount
+		}, 2*agent.CheckEnabledTimeout, 10*time.Millisecond)
+		require.Less(t, time.Since(start), 2*time.Second)
+	})
 }
 
 func testBatchJobRequest(t require.TestingT, batchSize int, totalJobs int, client rpc.AgentInternalClient, workers []*testutils.AgentWorker) <-chan struct{} {
diff --git a/pkg/agent/client.go b/pkg/agent/client.go
index 383729f29..478d99e77 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/client.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/client.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func (c *agentClient) getDispatcher(agName string, jobType livekit.JobType) *ser
 	}
 
 	done := make(chan *serverutils.IncrementalDispatcher[string], 1)
-	c.workers.Submit(func() {
+	go func() {
 		agentNames.ForEach(func(ag string) {
 			if ag == agName {
 				select {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (c *agentClient) getDispatcher(agName string, jobType livekit.JobType) *ser
 		case done <- nil:
 		default:
 		}
-	})
+	}()
 
 	return <-done
 }