diff --git a/src/dawn_native/metal/DeviceMTL.mm b/src/dawn_native/metal/DeviceMTL.mm
index f91fd95279..c3d2fafb55 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/metal/DeviceMTL.mm
+++ b/src/dawn_native/metal/DeviceMTL.mm
@@ -298,7 +298,12 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace metal {
         while (GetCompletedCommandSerial() != mLastSubmittedSerial) {
             usleep(100);
         }
-        Tick();
+
+        // Artificially increase the serials so work that was pending knows it can complete.
+        mCompletedSerial++;
+        mLastSubmittedSerial++;
+
+        DAWN_TRY(TickImpl());
         return {};
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/end2end/DeviceLostTests.cpp b/src/tests/end2end/DeviceLostTests.cpp
index b06377ce18..410a5c6990 100644
--- a/src/tests/end2end/DeviceLostTests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/end2end/DeviceLostTests.cpp
@@ -471,4 +471,4 @@ TEST_P(DeviceLostTest, LoseForTestingOnce) {
     device.LoseForTesting();
 }
 
-DAWN_INSTANTIATE_TEST(DeviceLostTest, D3D12Backend(), VulkanBackend());
+DAWN_INSTANTIATE_TEST(DeviceLostTest, D3D12Backend(), MetalBackend(), VulkanBackend());