diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9df886c42a..428b770e3e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.2
+1.4.3
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index ff9b754858..a6c36582c9 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const (
 	clientIdentifier = "Geth"   // Client identifier to advertise over the network
 	versionMajor     = 1        // Major version component of the current release
 	versionMinor     = 4        // Minor version component of the current release
-	versionPatch     = 2        // Patch version component of the current release
+	versionPatch     = 3        // Patch version component of the current release
 	versionMeta      = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 
 	versionOracle = "0xfa7b9770ca4cb04296cac84f37736d4041251cdf" // Ethereum address of the Geth release oracle
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 3d1928bf63..fe759560c2 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ func newWorker(config *core.ChainConfig, coinbase common.Address, eth core.Backe
 		fullValidation: false,
 	}
 	worker.events = worker.mux.Subscribe(core.ChainHeadEvent{}, core.ChainSideEvent{}, core.TxPreEvent{})
-	worker.wg.Add(1)
 	go worker.update()
 
 	go worker.wait()
@@ -188,8 +187,6 @@ func (self *worker) start() {
 }
 
 func (self *worker) stop() {
-	// Quit update.
-	self.events.Unsubscribe()
 	self.wg.Wait()
 
 	self.mu.Lock()
@@ -224,7 +221,6 @@ func (self *worker) unregister(agent Agent) {
 }
 
 func (self *worker) update() {
-	defer self.wg.Done()
 	for event := range self.events.Chan() {
 		// A real event arrived, process interesting content
 		switch ev := event.Data.(type) {