diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
index 21120f0e307..4c2a40fb0ec 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export async function processGraphQLRequest<TContext>(
 
     try {
       requestContext.document = parse(query, config.parseOptions);
-      parsingDidEnd();
+      await parsingDidEnd();
     } catch (syntaxError) {
       await parsingDidEnd(syntaxError as Error);
       // XXX: This cast is pretty sketchy, as other error types can be thrown