diff --git a/CefSharp.OffScreen/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs b/CefSharp.OffScreen/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs
index 7d4e02f24c..28ce08ff53 100644
--- a/CefSharp.OffScreen/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.OffScreen/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs
@@ -762,6 +762,10 @@ public async Task WaitForRenderIdleAsync(int idleTimeInMs = 500, TimeSpan? timeo
                     // the same time, the timer maybe Disposed on a different thread.
                     // https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues/4597
                 }
+                catch(Exception ex)
+                {
+                    renderIdleTcs.TrySetException(ex);
+                }
             };
 
             idleTimer.Start();
diff --git a/CefSharp.Wpf/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs b/CefSharp.Wpf/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs
index 3af233711f..4358c0606b 100644
--- a/CefSharp.Wpf/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs
+++ b/CefSharp.Wpf/ChromiumWebBrowser.cs
@@ -2754,6 +2754,10 @@ public async Task WaitForRenderIdleAsync(int idleTimeInMs = 500, TimeSpan? timeo
                     // the same time, the timer maybe Disposed on a different thread.
                     // https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues/4597
                 }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    renderIdleTcs.TrySetException(ex);
+                }
             };
 
             idleTimer.Start();