diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts
index 61d6a750b4482..405e51d7c2f9b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts
@@ -7,30 +7,30 @@ export interface ListStackResources {
 }
 
 export class LazyListStackResources implements ListStackResources {
-  private stackResources: AWS.CloudFormation.StackResourceSummary[] | undefined;
+  private stackResources: Promise<AWS.CloudFormation.StackResourceSummary[]> | undefined;
 
   constructor(private readonly sdk: ISDK, private readonly stackName: string) {
   }
 
   public async listStackResources(): Promise<AWS.CloudFormation.StackResourceSummary[]> {
     if (this.stackResources === undefined) {
-      this.stackResources = await this.getStackResources();
+      this.stackResources = this.getStackResources(undefined);
     }
     return this.stackResources;
   }
 
-  private async getStackResources(): Promise<AWS.CloudFormation.StackResourceSummary[]> {
+  private async getStackResources(nextToken: string | undefined): Promise<AWS.CloudFormation.StackResourceSummary[]> {
     const ret = new Array<AWS.CloudFormation.StackResourceSummary>();
-    let nextToken: string | undefined;
-    do {
-      const stackResourcesResponse = await this.sdk.cloudFormation().listStackResources({
-        StackName: this.stackName,
-        NextToken: nextToken,
-      }).promise();
+    return this.sdk.cloudFormation().listStackResources({
+      StackName: this.stackName,
+      NextToken: nextToken,
+    }).promise().then(async stackResourcesResponse => {
       ret.push(...(stackResourcesResponse.StackResourceSummaries ?? []));
-      nextToken = stackResourcesResponse.NextToken;
-    } while (nextToken);
-    return ret;
+      if (stackResourcesResponse.NextToken) {
+        ret.push(...await this.getStackResources(stackResourcesResponse.NextToken));
+      }
+      return ret;
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/lazy-list-stack-resources.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/lazy-list-stack-resources.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..64d0b98d62733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/lazy-list-stack-resources.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import * as AWS from 'aws-sdk';
+import { LazyListStackResources } from '../../lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template';
+import { MockSdk } from '../util/mock-sdk';
+
+describe('Lazy ListStackResources', () => {
+  test('correctly caches calls to the CloudFormation API', async () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const listStackResMock: jest.Mock<AWS.CloudFormation.ListStackResourcesOutput, AWS.CloudFormation.ListStackResourcesInput[]> = jest.fn();
+    const mockSdk = new MockSdk();
+    mockSdk.stubCloudFormation({
+      listStackResources: listStackResMock,
+    });
+    listStackResMock.mockReturnValue({
+      StackResourceSummaries: [],
+      NextToken: undefined,
+    });
+    const res = new LazyListStackResources(mockSdk, 'StackName');
+
+    // WHEN
+    void res.listStackResources();
+    void res.listStackResources();
+    void res.listStackResources();
+    const result = await res.listStackResources();
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(result.length).toBe(0);
+    expect(listStackResMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});