diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2d03b21f..94c20c265 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) except to the first release.
 - Datetime location after encode + decode is unequal (#217)
 - Wrong interval arithmetic with timezones (#221)
 - Invalid MsgPack if STREAM_ID > 127 (#224)
+- queue.Take() returns an invalid task (#222)
 
 ## [1.8.0] - 2022-08-17
 
diff --git a/connection_pool/connection_pool_test.go b/connection_pool/connection_pool_test.go
index 091d5216c..60c9b4f91 100644
--- a/connection_pool/connection_pool_test.go
+++ b/connection_pool/connection_pool_test.go
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func TestConnectionHandlerOpenUpdateClose(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
 		// Wait for read_only update, it should report about close connection
 		// with old role.
-		if h.deactivated >= 1 {
+		if h.discovered >= 3 {
 			break
 		}
 		time.Sleep(poolOpts.CheckTimeout)
diff --git a/queue/example_connection_pool_test.go b/queue/example_connection_pool_test.go
index 59f5020ea..214e67274 100644
--- a/queue/example_connection_pool_test.go
+++ b/queue/example_connection_pool_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package queue_test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type QueueConnectionHandler struct {
 	err           error
 	mutex         sync.Mutex
 	masterUpdated chan struct{}
+	masterCnt     int32
 }
 
 // QueueConnectionHandler implements the ConnectionHandler interface.
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ func (h *QueueConnectionHandler) Discovered(conn *tarantool.Connection,
 		}
 	}
 
+	atomic.AddInt32(&h.masterCnt, 1)
 	fmt.Printf("Master %s is ready to work!\n", conn.Addr())
 
 	return nil
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ func (h *QueueConnectionHandler) Discovered(conn *tarantool.Connection,
 // Deactivated doesn't do anything useful for the example.
 func (h *QueueConnectionHandler) Deactivated(conn *tarantool.Connection,
 	role connection_pool.Role) error {
+	if role == connection_pool.MasterRole {
+		atomic.AddInt32(&h.masterCnt, -1)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -184,8 +190,18 @@ func Example_connectionPool() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	for i := 0; i < 2 && atomic.LoadInt32(&h.masterCnt) != 1; i++ {
+		// The pool does not immediately detect role switching. It may happen
+		// that requests will be sent to RO instances. In that case q.Take()
+		// method will return a nil value.
+		//
+		// We need to make the example test output deterministic so we need to
+		// avoid it here. But in real life, you need to take this into account.
+		time.Sleep(poolOpts.CheckTimeout)
+	}
+
 	// Take a data from the new master instance.
-	task, err := q.TakeTimeout(1 * time.Second)
+	task, err := q.Take()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Unable to got task:", err)
 	} else if task == nil {
diff --git a/queue/queue.go b/queue/queue.go
index a4e9af029..df13f09bb 100644
--- a/queue/queue.go
+++ b/queue/queue.go
@@ -467,6 +467,14 @@ func (qd *queueData) DecodeMsgpack(d *decoder) error {
 	}
 
 	qd.task = &Task{data: qd.result, q: qd.q}
-	d.Decode(&qd.task)
+	if err = d.Decode(&qd.task); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if qd.task.Data() == nil {
+		// It may happen if the decoder has a code.Nil value inside. As a
+		// result, the task will not be decoded.
+		qd.task = nil
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/queue/task.go b/queue/task.go
index 348d8610d..c1b0aad98 100644
--- a/queue/task.go
+++ b/queue/task.go
@@ -29,13 +29,9 @@ func (t *Task) DecodeMsgpack(d *decoder) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if t.data != nil {
-		if err = d.Decode(t.data); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("fffuuuu: %s", err)
-		}
-	} else {
-		if t.data, err = d.DecodeInterface(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		d.Decode(t.data)
+	} else if t.data, err = d.DecodeInterface(); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }