There is no need to try to switch pools in select_pool since the current pool is actually not affected by the choice of pool to get work from.

cgminer.c

@@ -1955,11 +1955,9 @@ static inline struct pool *select_pool(bool lagging)
 	if (pool_strategy == POOL_BALANCE)
 		return select_balanced(cp);
 
-	if (pool_strategy != POOL_LOADBALANCE && (!lagging || opt_fail_only)) {
-		if (cp->prio != 0)
-			switch_pools(NULL);
-		pool = current_pool();
-	} else
+	if (pool_strategy != POOL_LOADBALANCE && (!lagging || opt_fail_only))
+		pool = cp;
+	else
 		pool = NULL;
 
 	while (!pool) {