diff --git a/src/EventLoop.php b/src/EventLoop.php
index 1b81136..c087892 100644
--- a/src/EventLoop.php
+++ b/src/EventLoop.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 final class EventLoop
 {
-    private static Driver $driver;
+    private static ?Driver $driver = null;
 
     /**
      * Sets the driver to be used as the event loop.
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ public function getHandle(): mixed
                     return null;
                 }
 
+                public function __destruct()
+                {
+                    // do nothing
+                }
+
                 protected function now(): float
                 {
                     return (float) \hrtime(true) / 1_000_000_000;
diff --git a/src/EventLoop/Driver/EvDriver.php b/src/EventLoop/Driver/EvDriver.php
index e0a33a3..b5ed199 100644
--- a/src/EventLoop/Driver/EvDriver.php
+++ b/src/EventLoop/Driver/EvDriver.php
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public function __destruct()
         // We need to clear all references to events manually, see
         // https://bitbucket.org/osmanov/pecl-ev/issues/31/segfault-in-ev_timer_stop
         $this->events = [];
+
+        parent::__destruct();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/EventLoop/Driver/EventDriver.php b/src/EventLoop/Driver/EventDriver.php
index 869c3a9..a3ac5e6 100644
--- a/src/EventLoop/Driver/EventDriver.php
+++ b/src/EventLoop/Driver/EventDriver.php
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public function __destruct()
             $this->handle->free();
             unset($this->handle);
         }
+
+        parent::__destruct();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/EventLoop/Driver/StreamSelectDriver.php b/src/EventLoop/Driver/StreamSelectDriver.php
index 4f1b78f..5028f0b 100644
--- a/src/EventLoop/Driver/StreamSelectDriver.php
+++ b/src/EventLoop/Driver/StreamSelectDriver.php
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ public function __destruct()
                 $this->deactivate($signalCallback);
             }
         }
+
+        parent::__destruct();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/EventLoop/Internal/AbstractDriver.php b/src/EventLoop/Internal/AbstractDriver.php
index 94de316..747e1f7 100644
--- a/src/EventLoop/Internal/AbstractDriver.php
+++ b/src/EventLoop/Internal/AbstractDriver.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace Revolt\EventLoop\Internal;
 
+use ReflectionProperty;
+use Revolt\EventLoop;
 use Revolt\EventLoop\CallbackType;
 use Revolt\EventLoop\Driver;
 use Revolt\EventLoop\FiberLocal;
@@ -103,6 +105,16 @@ public function __construct()
         };
     }
 
+    public function __destruct()
+    {
+        // Unset event loop singleton to avoid reusing a dead event loop instance during garbage collection.
+        // Using reflection to avoid exposing public (even @internal methods).
+        $refl = new ReflectionProperty(EventLoop::class, 'driver');
+        if ($refl->getValue() === $this) {
+            $refl->setValue(null, null);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function run(): void
     {
         if ($this->fiber->isRunning()) {