diff --git a/lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js b/lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js
index 29dc8601d11b37..427469b4a6f116 100644
--- a/lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ async function portIsFree(host, port, timeout = 9999) {
   setTimeout(timeout).then(() => ac.abort());
 
   const asyncIterator = setInterval(retryDelay);
-  while (await asyncIterator.next()) {
+  while (true) {
+    await asyncIterator.next();
     if (signal.aborted) {
       throw new StartupError(
         `Timeout (${timeout}) waiting for ${host}:${port} to be free`);