diff --git a/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/_helpers.py b/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/_helpers.py
index bbd2f742..2dfc8ba1 100644
--- a/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/_helpers.py
+++ b/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/_helpers.py
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ def __await__(self):
         # There is no documentation on what __await__() is supposed to return, but we
         # can certainly copy from a function that *does* know what to return
         async def wait_for_callback():
+            # In all the async cases that I've tried, the result is either already set, or
+            # resolves after the first call to the poll function. To make sure that our
+            # sleep-logic actually works, we always do at least one sleep call.
+            await async_sleep(0)
             if self.result is not None:
                 return
             if not self.poll_function: