diff --git a/taskiq/funcs.py b/taskiq/funcs.py
index 9245c4de..13fe76e2 100644
--- a/taskiq/funcs.py
+++ b/taskiq/funcs.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ async def check_task(task: AsyncTaskiqTask[Any]) -> None:
         for task in tasks:
             check_tasks.append(loop.create_task(check_task(task)))
         await asyncio.gather(*check_tasks)
-        await asyncio.sleep(periodicity)
+        if task_ids:
+            await asyncio.sleep(periodicity)
 
     return tuple(results[task_id] for task_id in ordered_ids)
diff --git a/tests/test_gather_ready.py b/tests/test_gather_ready.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08faf1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_gather_ready.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import asyncio
+from typing import Any
+
+from taskiq import AsyncTaskiqTask, TaskiqResult
+from taskiq.brokers.inmemory_broker import InmemoryResultBackend
+from taskiq.funcs import gather
+
+
+async def test_ready_results_do_not_wait_for_polling_interval() -> None:
+    backend: InmemoryResultBackend[Any] = InmemoryResultBackend()
+    await backend.set_result(
+        "ready",
+        TaskiqResult(is_err=False, return_value=42, execution_time=0),
+    )
+    task: AsyncTaskiqTask[Any] = AsyncTaskiqTask(
+        task_id="ready",
+        result_backend=backend,
+    )
+    results = await asyncio.wait_for(gather(task, periodicity=5), timeout=0.5)
+    assert results[0].return_value == 42
+
+
+async def test_pending_results_are_still_polled() -> None:
+    backend: InmemoryResultBackend[Any] = InmemoryResultBackend()
+    task: AsyncTaskiqTask[Any] = AsyncTaskiqTask(
+        task_id="later",
+        result_backend=backend,
+    )
+
+    async def publish() -> None:
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        await backend.set_result(
+            "later",
+            TaskiqResult(is_err=False, return_value=7, execution_time=0),
+        )
+
+    publisher = asyncio.create_task(publish())
+    try:
+        results = await asyncio.wait_for(gather(task, periodicity=0.01), timeout=1)
+        assert results[0].return_value == 7
+    finally:
+        await publisher
+
+
+async def test_empty_gather_still_returns_an_empty_tuple() -> None:
+    assert await gather(periodicity=5) == ()
+
+
+async def test_gather_preserves_order_and_duplicate_tasks() -> None:
+    backend: InmemoryResultBackend[Any] = InmemoryResultBackend()
+    tasks = []
+    for task_id, value in [("first", 1), ("second", 2)]:
+        await backend.set_result(
+            task_id,
+            TaskiqResult(is_err=False, return_value=value, execution_time=0),
+        )
+        tasks.append(
+            AsyncTaskiqTask[Any](task_id=task_id, result_backend=backend),
+        )
+    results = await gather(tasks[1], tasks[0], tasks[1], periodicity=0)
+    assert [result.return_value for result in results] == [2, 1, 2]