diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43de1eb..ec74446 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- useSelector avoids stale props without try-catch mitigation
 
 ## [4.4.0] - 2019-10-17
 ### Added
diff --git a/__tests__/03_stale_props.js b/__tests__/03_stale_props.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4448888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/03_stale_props.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { createStore } from 'redux';
+
+import { render, cleanup, act } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import { Provider, useSelector } from '../src/index';
+
+describe('stale props spec', () => {
+  afterEach(cleanup);
+
+  it('ignores transient errors in selector (e.g. due to stale props)', () => {
+    const Parent = () => {
+      const count = useSelector((state) => state.count);
+      return <Child parentCount={count} />;
+    };
+
+    const Child = ({ parentCount }) => {
+      const selector = (state) => {
+        if (state.count !== parentCount) {
+          throw new Error();
+        }
+        return state.count + parentCount;
+      };
+      const result = useSelector(selector);
+      return <div>{result}</div>;
+    };
+
+    const store = createStore((state = { count: -1 }) => ({ count: state.count + 1 }));
+
+    const App = () => (
+      <Provider store={store}>
+        <Parent />
+      </Provider>
+    );
+
+    render(<App />);
+    act(() => {
+      expect(() => store.dispatch({ type: '' })).not.toThrowError();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('ensures consistency of state and props in selector', () => {
+    let selectorSawInconsistencies = false;
+
+    const Parent = () => {
+      const count = useSelector((state) => state.count);
+      return <Child parentCount={count} />;
+    };
+
+    const Child = ({ parentCount }) => {
+      const selector = (state) => {
+        selectorSawInconsistencies = selectorSawInconsistencies || (state.count !== parentCount);
+        return state.count + parentCount;
+      };
+      const result = useSelector(selector);
+      return <div>{result}</div>;
+    };
+
+    const store = createStore((state = { count: -1 }) => ({ count: state.count + 1 }));
+
+    const App = () => (
+      <Provider store={store}>
+        <Parent />
+      </Provider>
+    );
+
+    render(<App />);
+    act(() => {
+      store.dispatch({ type: '' });
+    });
+    expect(selectorSawInconsistencies).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/useSelector.js b/src/useSelector.js
index 9ea6868..3410d83 100644
--- a/src/useSelector.js
+++ b/src/useSelector.js
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-import {
-  useContext,
-  useEffect,
-  useRef,
-  useReducer,
-} from 'react';
+import { useContext, useEffect, useReducer } from 'react';
 
 import { defaultContext } from './Provider';
 
-import { useIsomorphicLayoutEffect } from './utils';
-
 const isFunction = (f) => typeof f === 'function';
 const defaultEqualityFn = (a, b) => a === b;
 
@@ -17,32 +10,14 @@ export const useSelector = (selector, eqlFn, opts) => {
     equalityFn = isFunction(eqlFn) ? eqlFn : defaultEqualityFn,
     customContext = defaultContext,
   } = opts || (!isFunction(eqlFn) && eqlFn) || {};
-  const [, forceUpdate] = useReducer((c) => c + 1, 0);
   const { state, subscribe } = useContext(customContext);
-  const selected = selector(state);
-  const ref = useRef(null);
-  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
-    ref.current = {
-      equalityFn,
-      selector,
-      state,
-      selected,
-    };
-  });
+  const [selected, updateSelected] = useReducer((prevSelected) => {
+    const nextSelected = selector(state);
+    if (equalityFn(prevSelected, nextSelected)) return prevSelected;
+    return nextSelected;
+  }, state, selector);
   useEffect(() => {
-    const callback = (nextState) => {
-      try {
-        if (ref.current.state === nextState
-          || ref.current.equalityFn(ref.current.selected, ref.current.selector(nextState))) {
-          // not changed
-          return;
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        // ignored (stale props or some other reason)
-      }
-      forceUpdate();
-    };
-    const unsubscribe = subscribe(callback);
+    const unsubscribe = subscribe(updateSelected);
     return unsubscribe;
   }, [subscribe]);
   return selected;