diff --git a/storage/dataflux/integration_test.go b/storage/dataflux/integration_test.go
index 2bb04c4566cb..2fa492c4b26e 100644
--- a/storage/dataflux/integration_test.go
+++ b/storage/dataflux/integration_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 
 // Lists the all the objects in the bucket.
 func TestIntegration_NextBatch_All(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("#11198")
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("Integration tests skipped in short mode")
 	}
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ func TestIntegration_NextBatch_All(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegration_NextBatch(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("#11196")
 	// Accessing public bucket to list large number of files in batches.
 	// See https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/public-datasets/landsat
 	if testing.Short() {
diff --git a/storage/dataflux/range_splitter.go b/storage/dataflux/range_splitter.go
index 9d0896081ad0..2be2d7b30d1e 100644
--- a/storage/dataflux/range_splitter.go
+++ b/storage/dataflux/range_splitter.go
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ func (rs *rangeSplitter) convertStringRangeToMinimalIntRange(
 
 // charPosition returns the index of the character in the alphabet set.
 func (rs *rangeSplitter) charPosition(ch rune) (int, error) {
+	rs.mu.Lock()         // Acquire the lock
+	defer rs.mu.Unlock() // Release the lock when the function exits
 	if idx, ok := rs.alphabetMap[ch]; ok {
 		return idx, nil
 	}
@@ -337,6 +339,8 @@ func (rs *rangeSplitter) charPosition(ch rune) (int, error) {
 // convertRangeStringToArray transforms the range string into a rune slice while
 // verifying the presence of each character in the alphabets.
 func (rs *rangeSplitter) convertRangeStringToArray(rangeString string) ([]rune, error) {
+	rs.mu.Lock()         // Acquire the lock
+	defer rs.mu.Unlock() // Release the lock when the function exits
 	for _, char := range rangeString {
 		if _, exists := rs.alphabetMap[char]; !exists {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("character %c in range string %q is not found in the alphabet array", char, rangeString)
diff --git a/storage/dataflux/worksteal.go b/storage/dataflux/worksteal.go
index 256100976606..99d1742f242e 100644
--- a/storage/dataflux/worksteal.go
+++ b/storage/dataflux/worksteal.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ func (c *Lister) workstealListing(ctx context.Context) ([]*storage.ObjectAttrs,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating new range splitter: %w", err)
 	}
-
 	g, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	// Initialize all workers as idle.
 	for i := 0; i < c.parallelism; i++ {
@@ -126,13 +125,12 @@ func (w *worker) doWorkstealListing(ctx context.Context) error {
 		// If a worker is idle, sleep for a while before checking the next update.
 		// Worker status is changed to active when it finds work in range channel.
 		if w.status == idle {
-			if len(w.lister.ranges) == 0 {
-				time.Sleep(sleepDurationWhenIdle)
-				continue
-			} else {
-				newRange := <-w.lister.ranges
+			select {
+			case newRange := <-w.lister.ranges:
 				<-w.idleChannel
 				w.updateWorker(newRange.startRange, newRange.endRange, active)
+			case <-time.After(sleepDurationWhenIdle):
+				continue
 			}
 		}
 		// Active worker to list next page of objects within the range
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ func (w *worker) doWorkstealListing(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		// If listing not complete and idle workers are available, split the range
 		// and give half of work to idle worker.
-		for len(w.idleChannel)-len(w.lister.ranges) > 0 && ctx.Err() == nil {
+		if len(w.idleChannel)-len(w.lister.ranges) > 0 && ctx.Err() == nil {
 			// Split range and upload half of work for idle worker.
 			splitPoint, err := w.rangesplitter.splitRange(w.startRange, w.endRange, 1)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -191,7 +189,6 @@ func (w *worker) shutDownSignal() bool {
 	w.result.mu.Unlock()
 
 	alreadyListedBatchSizeObjects := w.lister.batchSize > 0 && lenResult >= w.lister.batchSize
-
 	return noMoreObjects || alreadyListedBatchSizeObjects
 }
 
diff --git a/storage/dataflux/worksteal_test.go b/storage/dataflux/worksteal_test.go
index ce49df36302d..d034cbbe0f66 100644
--- a/storage/dataflux/worksteal_test.go
+++ b/storage/dataflux/worksteal_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestWorkstealListingEmulated(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11205")
 	transportClientTest(context.Background(), t, func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, project, bucket string, client *storage.Client) {
 
 		attrs := &storage.BucketAttrs{