diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/fusing/Ops.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/fusing/Ops.scala
index da46440efd..e2422aaf39 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/fusing/Ops.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/fusing/Ops.scala
@@ -1404,30 +1404,21 @@ final class RecoverWith[T, M](val maximumRetries: Int, val pf: PartialFunction[T
 
     def switchTo(source: Graph[SourceShape[T], M]): Unit = {
       val sinkIn = new SubSinkInlet[T]("RecoverWithSink")
+
       sinkIn.setHandler(new InHandler {
-        override def onPush(): Unit =
-          if (isAvailable(out)) {
-            push(out, sinkIn.grab())
-            sinkIn.pull()
-          }
-        override def onUpstreamFinish(): Unit = if (!sinkIn.isAvailable) completeStage()
+        override def onPush(): Unit = push(out, sinkIn.grab())
+        override def onUpstreamFinish(): Unit = completeStage()
         override def onUpstreamFailure(ex: Throwable) = onFailure(ex)
       })
 
-      def pushOut(): Unit = {
-        push(out, sinkIn.grab())
-        if (!sinkIn.isClosed) sinkIn.pull()
-        else completeStage()
-      }
-
       val outHandler = new OutHandler {
-        override def onPull(): Unit = if (sinkIn.isAvailable) pushOut()
+        override def onPull(): Unit = sinkIn.pull()
         override def onDownstreamFinish(): Unit = sinkIn.cancel()
       }
 
       Source.fromGraph(source).runWith(sinkIn.sink)(interpreter.subFusingMaterializer)
       setHandler(out, outHandler)
-      sinkIn.pull()
+      if (isAvailable(out)) sinkIn.pull()
     }
   }