diff --git a/android/cli/commands/_build.js b/android/cli/commands/_build.js
index 0dbdc0a9887..7704ecc4cad 100644
--- a/android/cli/commands/_build.js
+++ b/android/cli/commands/_build.js
@@ -2494,7 +2494,7 @@ AndroidBuilder.prototype.copyResources = function copyResources(next) {
 
 		async.whilst(
 			function (cb) {
-				return cb(null, files.length);
+				process.nextTick(() => cb(null, files.length));
 			},
 
 			function (next) {