diff --git a/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py b/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py
index e3ed274128..f3341fee0b 100644
--- a/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py
+++ b/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py
@@ -225,13 +225,14 @@ def update(self, corpus, chunks_as_numpy=False):
 
         self.state.numdocs += lencorpus
 
-        if not self.batch:
-            updatetype = "online"
-            updateafter = self.chunksize * self.workers
-        else:
+        if self.batch:
             updatetype = "batch"
             updateafter = lencorpus
-        evalafter = min(lencorpus, (self.eval_every or 0) * updateafter)
+        else:
+            updatetype = "online"
+            updateafter = self.chunksize * self.workers
+        eval_every = self.eval_every or 0
+        evalafter = min(lencorpus, eval_every * updateafter)
 
         updates_per_pass = max(1, lencorpus / updateafter)
         logger.info(
@@ -257,47 +258,45 @@ def update(self, corpus, chunks_as_numpy=False):
         def rho():
             return pow(self.offset + pass_ + (self.num_updates / self.chunksize), -self.decay)
 
+        def process_result_queue(force=False):
+            """
+            Clear the result queue, merging all intermediate results, and update the
+            LDA model if necessary.
+
+            """
+            merged_new = False
+            while not result_queue.empty():
+                other.merge(result_queue.get())
+                queue_size[0] -= 1
+                merged_new = True
+
+            if (force and merged_new and queue_size[0] == 0) or (other.numdocs >= updateafter):
+                self.do_mstep(rho(), other, pass_ > 0)
+                other.reset()
+                if eval_every > 0 and (force or (self.num_updates / updateafter) % eval_every == 0):
+                    self.log_perplexity(chunk, total_docs=lencorpus)
+
         logger.info("training LDA model using %i processes", self.workers)
         pool = Pool(self.workers, worker_e_step, (job_queue, result_queue,))
         for pass_ in range(self.passes):
             queue_size, reallen = [0], 0
             other = LdaState(self.eta, self.state.sstats.shape)
 
-            def process_result_queue(force=False):
-                """
-                Clear the result queue, merging all intermediate results, and update the
-                LDA model if necessary.
-
-                """
-                merged_new = False
-                while not result_queue.empty():
-                    other.merge(result_queue.get())
-                    queue_size[0] -= 1
-                    merged_new = True
-                if (force and merged_new and queue_size[0] == 0) or (not self.batch and (other.numdocs >= updateafter)):
-                    self.do_mstep(rho(), other, pass_ > 0)
-                    other.reset()
-                    if self.eval_every is not None \
-                            and ((force and queue_size[0] == 0)
-                            or (self.eval_every != 0 and (self.num_updates / updateafter) % self.eval_every == 0)):
-                        self.log_perplexity(chunk, total_docs=lencorpus)
-
             chunk_stream = utils.grouper(corpus, self.chunksize, as_numpy=chunks_as_numpy)
             for chunk_no, chunk in enumerate(chunk_stream):
                 reallen += len(chunk)  # keep track of how many documents we've processed so far
 
                 # put the chunk into the workers' input job queue
-                chunk_put = False
-                while not chunk_put:
+                while True:
                     try:
-                        job_queue.put((chunk_no, chunk, self), block=False, timeout=0.1)
-                        chunk_put = True
+                        job_queue.put((chunk_no, chunk, self), block=False)
                         queue_size[0] += 1
                         logger.info(
                             "PROGRESS: pass %i, dispatched chunk #%i = documents up to #%i/%i, "
                             "outstanding queue size %i",
                             pass_, chunk_no, chunk_no * self.chunksize + len(chunk), lencorpus, queue_size[0]
                         )
+                        break
                     except queue.Full:
                         # in case the input job queue is full, keep clearing the
                         # result queue, to make sure we don't deadlock