diff --git a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
index a55ea0fe77e52..c3bf25e343008 100644
--- a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
+++ b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
@@ -3492,6 +3492,7 @@ def _schedule_downstream_tasks(
                     run_id=ti.run_id,
                 ),
                 session=session,
+                nowait=True,
             ).one()
 
             task = ti.task