diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDeviceController_Concrete.mm b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDeviceController_Concrete.mm
index 47c373ac884188..ee84ce5a7f2f9f 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDeviceController_Concrete.mm
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDeviceController_Concrete.mm
@@ -1409,12 +1409,12 @@ - (void)getSessionForNode:(chip::NodeId)nodeID completion:(MTRInternalDeviceConn
 
 - (void)directlyGetSessionForNode:(chip::NodeId)nodeID completion:(MTRInternalDeviceConnectionCallback)completion
 {
-    // TODO: Figure out whether the synchronization here makes sense.  What
-    // happens if this call happens mid-suspend or mid-resume?
     if (self.suspended) {
         MTR_LOG_ERROR("%@ suspended: can't get session for node %016llX-%016llx (%llu)", self, self.compressedFabricID.unsignedLongLongValue, nodeID, nodeID);
-        // TODO: Can we do a better error here?
-        completion(nullptr, chip::NullOptional, [MTRError errorForCHIPErrorCode:CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE], nil);
+        dispatch_async(_chipWorkQueue, ^{
+            // TODO: Can we do a better error here?
+            completion(nullptr, chip::NullOptional, [MTRError errorForCHIPErrorCode:CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE], nil);
+        });
         return;
     }