diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
index ae5074e5d6e9be7cf8e2307c8a631183a39b701d..8f2279624d48860900cefcf4a7e41d094dd792c7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ export class TerminalInstance extends Disposable implements ITerminalInstance {
 	 */
 	private _flushXtermData(): Promise<void> {
 		if (this._latestXtermWriteData === this._latestXtermParseData) {
-			return;
+			return Promise.resolve();
 		}
 		let retries = 0;
 		return new Promise<void>(r => {