diff --git a/memory-testing/index.mjs b/memory-testing/index.mjs
index 332a54774b..b3d3d869fa 100644
--- a/memory-testing/index.mjs
+++ b/memory-testing/index.mjs
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ await createSuite('tokio-future')
 await createSuite('serde')
 await createSuite('tsfn')
 await createSuite('buffer')
+await createSuite('returns-future')
diff --git a/memory-testing/returns-future.mjs b/memory-testing/returns-future.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5497ddc303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memory-testing/returns-future.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+
+import { displayMemoryUsageFromNode } from './util.mjs'
+
+const initialMemoryUsage = process.memoryUsage()
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+
+const api = require(`./index.node`)
+
+async function main() {
+  let i = 1
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition
+  while (true) {
+    await api.returnsFuture()
+    if (i % 100000 === 0) {
+      displayMemoryUsageFromNode(initialMemoryUsage)
+    }
+    i++
+  }
+}
+
+main().catch((e) => {
+  console.error(e)
+  process.exit(1)
+})
diff --git a/memory-testing/src/lib.rs b/memory-testing/src/lib.rs
index 1b0c432d35..85c87ef25c 100644
--- a/memory-testing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/memory-testing/src/lib.rs
@@ -171,3 +171,6 @@ pub fn buffer_pass_through(buffer: Buffer) -> Buffer {
 pub fn array_buffer_pass_through(array_buffer: Uint8Array) -> Uint8Array {
   array_buffer
 }
+
+#[napi]
+pub async fn returns_future() {}
diff --git a/memory-testing/test-util.mjs b/memory-testing/test-util.mjs
index 11166c81e2..659f2494dc 100644
--- a/memory-testing/test-util.mjs
+++ b/memory-testing/test-util.mjs
@@ -44,14 +44,19 @@ export async function createSuite(testFile, maxMemoryUsage) {
   const stats = await container.stats()
 
   let shouldAssertMemoryUsage = false
-
-  const initialMemoryUsage = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  let initialMemoryUsage
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const initialDate = Date.now()
     stats.on('data', (d) => {
       const { memory_stats } = JSON.parse(d.toString('utf8'))
-      resolve(memory_stats.usage)
+      if (Date.now() - initialDate > 10000 && !shouldAssertMemoryUsage) {
+        resolve()
+        initialMemoryUsage = memory_stats.usage
+        shouldAssertMemoryUsage = true
+      }
       if (shouldAssertMemoryUsage && memory_stats?.usage) {
         const memoryGrowth = memory_stats.usage - initialMemoryUsage
-        if (memoryGrowth > maxMemoryUsage ?? initialMemoryUsage) {
+        if (memoryGrowth > (maxMemoryUsage ?? initialMemoryUsage)) {
           console.info(
             chalk.redBright(
               `Potential memory leak, memory growth: ${prettyBytes(
@@ -72,8 +77,6 @@ export async function createSuite(testFile, maxMemoryUsage) {
 
   await sleep(60000)
 
-  shouldAssertMemoryUsage = true
-
   try {
     await container.stop()
     await container.remove()