diff --git a/src/core/lwt_stream.ml b/src/core/lwt_stream.ml
index cb7539405..d2450f2b7 100644
--- a/src/core/lwt_stream.ml
+++ b/src/core/lwt_stream.ml
@@ -649,25 +649,27 @@ let rec junk_while_s_rec node f s =
 
 let junk_while_s f s = junk_while_s_rec s.node f s
 
-let rec junk_old_rec node s =
+let rec junk_available_rec node s =
   if node == !(s.last) then
     let thread = feed s in
     match Lwt.state thread with
     | Lwt.Return _ ->
-      junk_old_rec node s
+      junk_available_rec node s
     | Lwt.Fail exn ->
-      Lwt.fail exn
+      raise exn
     | Lwt.Sleep ->
-      Lwt.return_unit
+      ()
   else
     match node.data with
     | Some _ ->
       consume s node;
-      junk_old_rec node.next s
+      junk_available_rec node.next s
     | None ->
-      Lwt.return_unit
+      ()
+
+let junk_available s = junk_available_rec s.node s
 
-let junk_old s = junk_old_rec s.node s
+let junk_old s = Lwt.return (junk_available s)
 
 let rec get_available_rec node acc s =
   if node == !(s.last) then
diff --git a/src/core/lwt_stream.mli b/src/core/lwt_stream.mli
index 4f74483cf..0ca934a0d 100644
--- a/src/core/lwt_stream.mli
+++ b/src/core/lwt_stream.mli
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ val junk_while_s : ('a -> bool Lwt.t) -> 'a t -> unit Lwt.t
 (** [junk_while f st] removes all elements at the beginning of the
     streams which satisfy [f]. *)
 
-val junk_old : 'a t -> unit Lwt.t
-(** [junk_old st] removes all elements that are ready to be read
+val junk_available : 'a t -> unit
+(** [junk_available st] removes all elements that are ready to be read
     without yielding from [st]. *)
 
 val get_available : 'a t -> 'a list
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ val closed : 'a t -> unit Lwt.t
 
     @since 2.6.0 *)
 
+(** {3 Deprecated} *)
+
+val junk_old : 'a t -> unit Lwt.t [@@deprecated "Use junk_available instead"]
+(** @deprecated [junk_old st] is [Lwt.return (junk_available st)]. *)
+
 (** {2 Stream transversal} *)
 
 (** Note: all the following functions are destructive.
diff --git a/test/core/test_lwt_stream.ml b/test/core/test_lwt_stream.ml
index 3e5193dc8..fb2133730 100644
--- a/test/core/test_lwt_stream.ml
+++ b/test/core/test_lwt_stream.ml
@@ -258,6 +258,36 @@ let suite = suite "lwt_stream" [
        Lwt_stream.last_new stream >>= fun x ->
        return (x = 3));
 
+  test_direct "junk_available"
+    (fun () ->
+      let s, push = Lwt_stream.create () in
+      let b0 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      let () = Lwt_stream.junk_available s in
+      let b1 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      let () = push (Some 1); push (Some 2); push (Some 4) in
+      let () = Lwt_stream.junk_available s in
+      let b2 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      let () = push (Some 66); push (Some 77); push (Some 99) in
+      let () = Lwt_stream.junk_available s in
+      let b3 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      b0 && b1 && b2 && b3);
+
+  test "junk_old"
+    (fun () ->
+      let open Lwt.Syntax in
+      let s, push = Lwt_stream.create () in
+      let b0 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      let* () = Lwt_stream.junk_old s in
+      let b1 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      let () = push (Some 1); push (Some 2); push (Some 4) in
+      let* () = Lwt_stream.junk_old s in
+      let b2 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      let () = push (Some 66); push (Some 77); push (Some 99) in
+      let* () = Lwt_stream.junk_old s in
+      let b3 = Lwt_stream.get_available s = [] in
+      Lwt.return (b0 && b1 && b2 && b3))
+      [@ocaml.alert "-deprecated"];
+
   test "cancel push stream 1"
     (fun () ->
        let stream, _ = Lwt_stream.create () in