diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringMap.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/ThreadPool.h"
 
 using namespace mlir::runtime;
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
   AsyncRuntime() : numRefCountedObjects(0) {}
 
   ~AsyncRuntime() {
+    threadPool.wait(); // wait for the completion of all async tasks
     assert(getNumRefCountedObjects() == 0 &&
            "all ref counted objects must be destroyed");
   }
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@
     return numRefCountedObjects.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
   }
 
+  llvm::ThreadPool &getThreadPool() { return threadPool; }
+
 private:
   friend class RefCounted;
 
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@
   }
 
   std::atomic<int32_t> numRefCountedObjects;
+  llvm::ThreadPool threadPool;
 };
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
@@ -307,7 +312,8 @@
 }
 
 extern "C" void mlirAsyncRuntimeExecute(CoroHandle handle, CoroResume resume) {
-  (*resume)(handle);
+  auto *runtime = getDefaultAsyncRuntime();
+  runtime->getThreadPool().async([handle, resume]() { (*resume)(handle); });
 }
 
 extern "C" void mlirAsyncRuntimeAwaitTokenAndExecute(AsyncToken *token,