diff --git a/lib/timers.js b/lib/timers.js
index dc9b875ec374c9..6e473456b9affe 100644
--- a/lib/timers.js
+++ b/lib/timers.js
@@ -244,16 +244,12 @@ function processTimers(now) {
   debug('process timer lists %d', now);
   nextExpiry = Infinity;
 
-  let list, ran;
+  let list;
   while (list = queue.peek()) {
     if (list.expiry > now) {
       nextExpiry = list.expiry;
       return refCount > 0 ? nextExpiry : -nextExpiry;
     }
-    if (ran)
-      runNextTicks();
-    else
-      ran = true;
     listOnTimeout(list, now);
   }
   return 0;
@@ -300,6 +296,8 @@ function listOnTimeout(list, now) {
     tryOnTimeout(timer);
 
     emitAfter(asyncId);
+
+    runNextTicks();
   }
 
   // If `L.peek(list)` returned nothing, the list was either empty or we have
@@ -615,6 +613,8 @@ function processImmediate() {
 
     emitAfter(asyncId);
 
+    runNextTicks();
+
     immediate = immediate._idleNext;
   }