diff --git a/ignore/src/walk.rs b/ignore/src/walk.rs
index 70846dc8..938cf46e 100644
--- a/ignore/src/walk.rs
+++ b/ignore/src/walk.rs
@@ -767,12 +767,13 @@ impl WalkParallel {
         // Create the workers and then wait for them to finish.
         let num_waiting = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
         let num_quitting = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let quit_now = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
         let mut handles = vec![];
         for _ in 0..threads {
             let worker = Worker {
                 f: mkf(),
                 queue: queue.clone(),
-                quit_now: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
+                quit_now: quit_now.clone(),
                 is_waiting: false,
                 is_quitting: false,
                 num_waiting: num_waiting.clone(),
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index c21fffc9..e00da84e 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -968,6 +968,15 @@ clean!(regression_256_j1, "test", "foo", |wd: WorkDir, mut cmd: Command| {
     assert_eq!(lines, "foo/baz:test\n");
 });
 
+// See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/279
+clean!(regression_279, "test", ".", |wd: WorkDir, mut cmd: Command| {
+    wd.create("foo", "test");
+    cmd.arg("-q");
+
+    let lines: String = wd.stdout(&mut cmd);
+    assert_eq!(lines, "");
+});
+
 // See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/7
 sherlock!(feature_7, "-fpat", "sherlock", |wd: WorkDir, mut cmd: Command| {
     wd.create("pat", "Sherlock\nHolmes");