diff --git a/turbopack/crates/turbo-tasks-backend/src/backend/mod.rs b/turbopack/crates/turbo-tasks-backend/src/backend/mod.rs
index 1cb8e914fd61e..012d5117b7815 100644
--- a/turbopack/crates/turbo-tasks-backend/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/turbopack/crates/turbo-tasks-backend/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -412,31 +412,41 @@ impl<B: BackingStorage> TurboTasksBackendInner<B> {
         let mut ctx = self.execute_context(turbo_tasks);
         let mut task = ctx.task(task_id, TaskDataCategory::All);
 
+        fn listen_to_done_event<B: BackingStorage>(
+            this: &TurboTasksBackendInner<B>,
+            reader: Option<TaskId>,
+            done_event: &Event,
+        ) -> EventListener {
+            let reader_desc = reader.map(|r| this.get_task_desc_fn(r));
+            let listener = done_event.listen_with_note(move || {
+                if let Some(reader_desc) = reader_desc.as_ref() {
+                    format!("try_read_task_output from {}", reader_desc())
+                } else {
+                    "try_read_task_output (untracked)".to_string()
+                }
+            });
+            listener
+        }
+
         fn check_in_progress<B: BackingStorage>(
             this: &TurboTasksBackendInner<B>,
             task: &impl TaskGuard,
             reader: Option<TaskId>,
         ) -> Option<std::result::Result<std::result::Result<RawVc, EventListener>, anyhow::Error>>
         {
-            if let Some(in_progress) = get!(task, InProgress) {
-                match in_progress {
-                    InProgressState::Scheduled { done_event, .. }
-                    | InProgressState::InProgress(box InProgressStateInner {
-                        done_event, ..
-                    }) => {
-                        let reader_desc = reader.map(|r| this.get_task_desc_fn(r));
-                        let listener = done_event.listen_with_note(move || {
-                            if let Some(reader_desc) = reader_desc.as_ref() {
-                                format!("try_read_task_output from {}", reader_desc())
-                            } else {
-                                "try_read_task_output (untracked)".to_string()
-                            }
-                        });
-                        return Some(Ok(Err(listener)));
-                    }
+            match get!(task, InProgress) {
+                Some(InProgressState::Scheduled { done_event, .. }) => {
+                    Some(Ok(Err(listen_to_done_event(this, reader, done_event))))
+                }
+                Some(InProgressState::InProgress(box InProgressStateInner {
+                    marked_as_completed,
+                    done_event,
+                    ..
+                })) if !*marked_as_completed => {
+                    Some(Ok(Err(listen_to_done_event(this, reader, done_event))))
                 }
+                _ => None,
             }
-            None
         }
 
         if self.should_track_children() && matches!(consistency, ReadConsistency::Strong) {
@@ -1162,6 +1172,8 @@ impl<B: BackingStorage> TurboTasksBackendInner<B> {
         };
         let &mut InProgressState::InProgress(box InProgressStateInner {
             stale,
+            ref mut marked_as_completed,
+            ref done_event,
             ref mut new_children,
             ..
         }) = in_progress
@@ -1194,6 +1206,14 @@ impl<B: BackingStorage> TurboTasksBackendInner<B> {
             );
             return true;
         }
+
+        // mark the task as completed, so dependent tasks can continue working
+        if !*marked_as_completed {
+            *marked_as_completed = true;
+            done_event.notify(usize::MAX);
+        }
+
+        // take the children from the task to process them
         let mut new_children = take(new_children);
 
         // TODO handle stateful
@@ -1452,8 +1472,6 @@ impl<B: BackingStorage> TurboTasksBackendInner<B> {
 
         drop(task);
 
-        done_event.notify(usize::MAX);
-
         if let Some(data_update) = data_update {
             AggregationUpdateQueue::run(data_update, &mut ctx);
         }
@@ -1740,11 +1758,16 @@ impl<B: BackingStorage> TurboTasksBackendInner<B> {
         let mut task = ctx.task(task, TaskDataCategory::Data);
         if let Some(InProgressState::InProgress(box InProgressStateInner {
             marked_as_completed,
+            done_event,
             ..
         })) = get_mut!(task, InProgress)
         {
             *marked_as_completed = true;
+            done_event.notify(usize::MAX);
             // TODO this should remove the dirty state (also check session_dependent)
+            // but this would break some assumptions for strongly consistent reads.
+            // Client tasks are not connected yet, so we wouldn't wait for them.
+            // Maybe that's ok in cases where mark_finished() is used? Seems like it?
         }
     }