diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
index dfa53788f3..d1f3ce08af 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
@@ -344,26 +344,28 @@ export class Batch {
 			for (const [e, t] of this.#skipped_branches) {
 				reset_branch(e, t);
 			}
-		} else {
-			if (this.#pending === 0) {
-				batches.delete(this);
+
+			if (updates.length > 0) {
+				/** @type {Batch} */ (/** @type {unknown} */ (current_batch)).#process();
 			}
 
-			// clear effects. Those that are still needed will be rescheduled through unskipping the skipped branches.
-			this.#dirty_effects.clear();
-			this.#maybe_dirty_effects.clear();
+			return;
+		}
 
-			// append/remove branches
-			for (const fn of this.#commit_callbacks) fn(this);
-			this.#commit_callbacks.clear();
+		// clear effects. Those that are still needed will be rescheduled through unskipping the skipped branches.
+		this.#dirty_effects.clear();
+		this.#maybe_dirty_effects.clear();
 
-			previous_batch = this;
-			flush_queued_effects(render_effects);
-			flush_queued_effects(effects);
-			previous_batch = null;
+		// append/remove branches
+		for (const fn of this.#commit_callbacks) fn(this);
+		this.#commit_callbacks.clear();
 
-			this.#deferred?.resolve();
-		}
+		previous_batch = this;
+		flush_queued_effects(render_effects);
+		flush_queued_effects(effects);
+		previous_batch = null;
+
+		this.#deferred?.resolve();
 
 		var next_batch = /** @type {Batch | null} */ (/** @type {unknown} */ (current_batch));
 
@@ -371,7 +373,7 @@ export class Batch {
 		// else we could start flushing a new batch and then, if it has pending work, rebase it right afterwards, which is wrong.
 		// In sync mode flushSync can cause #commit to wrongfully think that there needs to be a rebase, so we only do it in async mode
 		// TODO fix the underlying cause, otherwise this will likely regress when non-async mode is removed
-		if (async_mode_flag && !batches.has(this)) {
+		if (async_mode_flag && this.#pending === 0) {
 			this.#commit();
 			// Rebases can activate other batches or null it out, therefore restore the new one here
 			current_batch = next_batch;
@@ -530,6 +532,8 @@ export class Batch {
 	}
 
 	#commit() {
+		batches.delete(this);
+
 		// If there are other pending batches, they now need to be 'rebased' —
 		// in other words, we re-run block/async effects with the newly
 		// committed state, unless the batch in question has a more
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/store-unsubscribe-not-referenced-after-2/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/store-unsubscribe-not-referenced-after-2/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7293f9b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/store-unsubscribe-not-referenced-after-2/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import { ok, test } from '../../test';
+
+// Test that the store is unsubscribed from, even if it's not referenced once the store itself is set to null
+export default test({
+	skip_no_async: true,
+
+	async test({ target, assert }) {
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<input type="number"> <p>0</p> <button>add watcher</button>`
+		);
+
+		target.querySelector('button')?.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<input type="number"> <p>1</p> hello 1 <button>remove watcher</button>`
+		);
+
+		const input = target.querySelector('input');
+		ok(input);
+
+		input.stepUp();
+		input.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<input type="number"> <p>2</p> hello 2 <button>remove watcher</button>`
+		);
+
+		target.querySelector('button')?.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<input type="number"> <p>2</p> <button>add watcher</button>`
+		);
+
+		input.stepUp();
+		input.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<input type="number"> <p>2</p> <button>add watcher</button>`
+		);
+
+		target.querySelector('button')?.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<input type="number"> <p>3</p> hello 3 <button>remove watcher</button>`
+		);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/store-unsubscribe-not-referenced-after-2/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/store-unsubscribe-not-referenced-after-2/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4abfd3c2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/store-unsubscribe-not-referenced-after-2/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<script>
+	import { writable, derived } from "svelte/store";
+
+	const obj = writable({ a: 1 });
+	let count = $state(0);
+	let watcherA = $state();
+
+	function watch (prop) {
+		return derived(obj, (o) => {
+			count++;
+			return o[prop];
+		});
+	}
+</script>
+
+<input type="number" bind:value={$obj.a}>
+<p>{count}</p>
+
+{#if watcherA}
+	<!-- make sure the presence of async work doesn't break the `legacy_updates` mechanism -->
+	{#if true}
+		{await 'hello'}
+	{/if}
+
+	{$watcherA}
+	<button on:click={() => watcherA = null}>remove watcher</button>
+{:else}
+	<button on:click={() => watcherA = watch("a")}>add watcher</button>
+{/if}