diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
index 94602022e721..aa98fee5a747 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ class RedisQueue extends Queue implements QueueContract, ClearableQueue
      */
     protected $migrationBatchSize = -1;
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates if a secondary queue had a job available between checks of the primary queue.
+     *
+     * Only applicable when monitoring multiple named queues with a single instance.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $secondaryQueueHadJob = false;
+
     /**
      * Create a new Redis queue instance.
      *
@@ -221,13 +230,23 @@ protected function createPayloadArray($job, $queue, $data = '')
      * @param  string|null  $queue
      * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Job|null
      */
-    public function pop($queue = null)
+    public function pop($queue = null, $index = 0)
     {
         $this->migrate($prefixed = $this->getQueue($queue));
 
-        [$job, $reserved] = $this->retrieveNextJob($prefixed);
+        $block = ! $this->secondaryQueueHadJob && $index == 0;
+
+        [$job, $reserved] = $this->retrieveNextJob($prefixed, $block);
+
+        if ($index == 0) {
+            $this->secondaryQueueHadJob = false;
+        }
 
         if ($reserved) {
+            if ($index > 0) {
+                $this->secondaryQueueHadJob = true;
+            }
+
             return new RedisJob(
                 $this->container, $this, $job,
                 $reserved, $this->connectionName, $queue ?: $this->default
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
index 83b4e284d40c..762d487a1212 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ public function runNextJob($connectionName, $queue, WorkerOptions $options)
      */
     protected function getNextJob($connection, $queue)
     {
-        $popJobCallback = function ($queue) use ($connection) {
-            return $connection->pop($queue);
+        $popJobCallback = function ($queue, $index = 0) use ($connection) {
+            return $connection->pop($queue, $index);
         };
 
         $this->raiseBeforeJobPopEvent($connection->getConnectionName());
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ protected function getNextJob($connection, $queue)
                 );
             }
 
-            foreach (explode(',', $queue) as $queue) {
-                if (! is_null($job = $popJobCallback($queue))) {
+            foreach (explode(',', $queue) as $index => $queue) {
+                if (! is_null($job = $popJobCallback($queue, $index))) {
                     $this->raiseAfterJobPopEvent($connection->getConnectionName(), $job);
 
                     return $job;