diff --git a/src/runtime/dependency_graph.rs b/src/runtime/dependency_graph.rs
index b9c106135..511a59ee4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/dependency_graph.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/dependency_graph.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::thread::ThreadId;
 
 use parking_lot::MutexGuard;
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 
 use crate::key::DatabaseKeyIndex;
+use crate::runtime::dependency_graph::edge::EdgeCondvar;
 use crate::runtime::WaitResult;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
@@ -61,7 +63,12 @@ impl DependencyGraph {
         to_id: ThreadId,
         query_mutex_guard: QueryMutexGuard,
     ) -> WaitResult {
-        let edge = me.add_edge(from_id, database_key, to_id);
+        let cvar = std::pin::pin!(EdgeCondvar::default());
+        let cvar = cvar.as_ref();
+        // SAFETY: We are blocking until the result is removed from `DependencyGraph::wait_results`
+        // at which point the `edge` won't signal the condvar anymore.
+        // As such we are keeping the cond var alive until the reference in the edge drops.
+        unsafe { me.add_edge(from_id, database_key, to_id, cvar) };
 
         // Release the mutex that prevents `database_key`
         // from completing, now that the edge has been added.
@@ -72,29 +79,35 @@ impl DependencyGraph {
                 debug_assert!(!me.edges.contains_key(&from_id));
                 return result;
             }
-            edge.wait(&mut me);
+            cvar.wait(&mut me);
         }
     }
 
     /// Helper for `block_on`: performs actual graph modification
     /// to add a dependency edge from `from_id` to `to_id`, which is
     /// computing `database_key`.
-    fn add_edge(
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// The caller needs to keep the referent of `cvar` alive until the corresponding
+    /// [`Self::wait_results`] entry has been inserted.
+    unsafe fn add_edge(
         &mut self,
         from_id: ThreadId,
         database_key: DatabaseKeyIndex,
         to_id: ThreadId,
-    ) -> edge::EdgeGuard {
+        cvar: Pin<&EdgeCondvar>,
+    ) {
         assert_ne!(from_id, to_id);
         debug_assert!(!self.edges.contains_key(&from_id));
         debug_assert!(!self.depends_on(to_id, from_id));
-        let (edge, guard) = edge::Edge::new(to_id);
+        // SAFETY: The caller is responsible for ensuring that the `EdgeGuard` outlives the `Edge`.
+        let edge = unsafe { edge::Edge::new(to_id, cvar) };
         self.edges.insert(from_id, edge);
         self.query_dependents
             .entry(database_key)
             .or_default()
             .push(from_id);
-        guard
     }
 
     /// Invoked when runtime `to_id` completes executing
@@ -128,12 +141,22 @@ impl DependencyGraph {
 }
 
 mod edge {
-    use std::sync::Arc;
-    use std::thread::ThreadId;
+    use std::{pin::Pin, thread::ThreadId};
+
+    use parking_lot::Condvar;
 
-    use parking_lot::MutexGuard;
+    #[derive(Default, Debug)]
+    pub(super) struct EdgeCondvar {
+        condvar: Condvar,
+        _phantom_pin: std::marker::PhantomPinned,
+    }
 
-    use crate::runtime::dependency_graph::DependencyGraph;
+    impl EdgeCondvar {
+        #[inline]
+        pub(super) fn wait<T: ?Sized>(&self, mutex_guard: &mut parking_lot::MutexGuard<'_, T>) {
+            self.condvar.wait(mutex_guard)
+        }
+    }
 
     #[derive(Debug)]
     pub(super) struct Edge {
@@ -141,32 +164,27 @@ mod edge {
 
         /// Signalled whenever a query with dependents completes.
         /// Allows those dependents to check if they are ready to unblock.
-        condvar: Arc<parking_lot::Condvar>,
-    }
-
-    pub struct EdgeGuard {
-        condvar: Arc<parking_lot::Condvar>,
-    }
-
-    impl EdgeGuard {
-        pub fn wait(&self, mutex_guard: &mut MutexGuard<'_, DependencyGraph>) {
-            self.condvar.wait(mutex_guard)
-        }
+        // condvar: unsafe<'stack_frame> Pin<&'stack_frame parking_lot::Condvar>,
+        condvar: Pin<&'static EdgeCondvar>,
     }
 
     impl Edge {
-        pub(super) fn new(blocked_on_id: ThreadId) -> (Self, EdgeGuard) {
-            let condvar = Arc::new(parking_lot::Condvar::new());
-            let edge = Self {
+        /// # SAFETY
+        ///
+        /// The caller must ensure that the [`EdgeCondvar`] is kept alive until the [`Edge`] is dropped.
+        pub(super) unsafe fn new(blocked_on_id: ThreadId, condvar: Pin<&EdgeCondvar>) -> Self {
+            Self {
                 blocked_on_id,
-                condvar: condvar.clone(),
-            };
-            let edge_guard = EdgeGuard { condvar };
-            (edge, edge_guard)
+                // SAFETY: The caller is responsible for ensuring that the `EdgeCondvar` outlives the `Edge`.
+                condvar: unsafe {
+                    std::mem::transmute::<Pin<&EdgeCondvar>, Pin<&'static EdgeCondvar>>(condvar)
+                },
+            }
         }
 
+        #[inline]
         pub(super) fn notify(self) {
-            self.condvar.notify_one();
+            self.condvar.condvar.notify_one();
         }
     }
 }