diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f6d970144c..b043c318c7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ### vNEXT
+- Fix inaccurate total duration in apollo-tracing [PR #2298](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/2298)
 
 ### v2.4.0
 
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
index 6d8d9fd0a37..23d57646f69 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ export async function processGraphQLRequest<TContext>(
     });
 
     try {
-      return graphql.execute(executionArgs);
+      return await graphql.execute(executionArgs);
     } finally {
       executionDidEnd();
     }