diff --git a/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.test.ts b/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.test.ts
index 4876de9..62e28b3 100644
--- a/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.test.ts
+++ b/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.test.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ describe('struct/BufferedQueue', async () => {
     deepStrictEqual(eqT, ['info']);
   });
 
-  // blocked by https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52332
-  it('dispatches each topic to a handler fn', {skip: true},  t => {
+  it('dispatches each topic to a handler fn', t => {
     t.mock.timers.enable();
 
     const mockHandleFn = t.mock.fn();
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ describe('struct/BufferedQueue', async () => {
     deepStrictEqual(infoQ, ['info', 3]);
   });
 
-  // blocked by https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52332
-  it('splits dispatches by timeout', {skip: true}, t => {
+  it('splits dispatches by timeout', t => {
     t.mock.timers.enable({apis: ['setTimeout']});
 
     const fn = t.mock.fn();
diff --git a/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.ts b/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.ts
index 8f189be..c53b6d5 100644
--- a/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.ts
+++ b/lib/struct/bufferedQueue.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {defer} from '..';
 
 export interface BufferedData<Data, Topic> {
   buffer: Data[];
-  timeout: NodeJS.Timeout;
+  timeout?: NodeJS.Timeout;
   promise: Promise<[Topic, unknown]>;
   resolve: (t: [Topic, unknown]) => void;
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class BufferedQueue<Data, Topic = string> {
 
       stored = {
         buffer: [],
-        timeout: undefined!,
+        timeout: undefined,
         promise,
         resolve,
       };