diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index e3435f734be051..623973ff316453 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
     ac.abort();
 
     if (final) {
-      callback(error, value);
+      process.nextTick(callback, error, value);
     }
   }