diff --git a/scylla/src/transport/speculative_execution.rs b/scylla/src/transport/speculative_execution.rs
index ecc9d02c7..10b60c4b7 100644
--- a/scylla/src/transport/speculative_execution.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/transport/speculative_execution.rs
@@ -127,21 +127,17 @@ where
                 }
             }
             res = async_tasks.select_next_some() => {
-                match res {
-                    Some(r) => {
-                        if !can_be_ignored(&r) {
-                            return r;
-                        } else {
-                            last_error = Some(r)
-                        }
-                    },
-                    None =>  {
-                        if async_tasks.is_empty() && retries_remaining == 0 {
-                            return last_error.unwrap_or({
-                                Err(EMPTY_PLAN_ERROR)
-                            });
-                        }
-                    },
+                if let Some(r) = res {
+                    if !can_be_ignored(&r) {
+                        return r;
+                    } else {
+                        last_error = Some(r)
+                    }
+                }
+                if async_tasks.is_empty() && retries_remaining == 0 {
+                    return last_error.unwrap_or({
+                        Err(EMPTY_PLAN_ERROR)
+                    });
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/scylla/tests/integration/retries.rs b/scylla/tests/integration/retries.rs
index 92bf1613c..8aca5d197 100644
--- a/scylla/tests/integration/retries.rs
+++ b/scylla/tests/integration/retries.rs
@@ -164,3 +164,71 @@ async fn retries_occur() {
         Err(err) => panic!("{}", err),
     }
 }
+
+// See https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-rust-driver/issues/1085
+#[tokio::test]
+#[ntest::timeout(30000)]
+#[cfg(not(scylla_cloud_tests))]
+async fn speculative_execution_panic_regression_test() {
+    use scylla_proxy::RunningProxy;
+
+    setup_tracing();
+    let test = |proxy_uris: [String; 3], translation_map, mut running_proxy: RunningProxy| async move {
+        let se = SimpleSpeculativeExecutionPolicy {
+            max_retry_count: 2,
+            retry_interval: Duration::from_millis(1),
+        };
+        let profile = ExecutionProfile::builder()
+            .speculative_execution_policy(Some(Arc::new(se)))
+            .retry_policy(Box::new(FallthroughRetryPolicy))
+            .build();
+        // DB preparation phase
+        let session: Session = SessionBuilder::new()
+            .known_node(proxy_uris[0].as_str())
+            .address_translator(Arc::new(translation_map))
+            .default_execution_profile_handle(profile.into_handle())
+            .build()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let ks = unique_keyspace_name();
+        session.query_unpaged(format!("CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS {} WITH REPLICATION = {{'class' : 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 3}}", ks), &[]).await.unwrap();
+        session.use_keyspace(ks, false).await.unwrap();
+        session
+            .query_unpaged("CREATE TABLE t (a int primary key)", &[])
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let mut q = session
+            .prepare("INSERT INTO t (a) VALUES (?)")
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        q.set_is_idempotent(true); // this is to allow speculative execution to fire
+        let id: &[u8] = q.get_id();
+
+        let drop_connection_on_execute = RequestRule(
+            Condition::RequestOpcode(RequestOpcode::Execute)
+                .and(Condition::not(Condition::ConnectionRegisteredAnyEvent))
+                .and(Condition::BodyContainsCaseSensitive(id.into())),
+            RequestReaction::drop_connection(),
+        );
+
+        running_proxy.running_nodes[0]
+            .change_request_rules(Some(vec![drop_connection_on_execute.clone()]));
+        running_proxy.running_nodes[1]
+            .change_request_rules(Some(vec![drop_connection_on_execute.clone()]));
+        running_proxy.running_nodes[2]
+            .change_request_rules(Some(vec![drop_connection_on_execute.clone()]));
+
+        let _result = session.execute_unpaged(&q, (2,)).await.unwrap_err();
+
+        running_proxy
+    };
+    let res = test_with_3_node_cluster(ShardAwareness::QueryNode, test).await;
+
+    match res {
+        Ok(()) => (),
+        Err(ProxyError::Worker(WorkerError::DriverDisconnected(_))) => (),
+        Err(err) => panic!("{}", err),
+    }
+}