diff --git a/lib/receiver.js b/lib/receiver.js
index 96f572cb1..b5e9a8bca 100644
--- a/lib/receiver.js
+++ b/lib/receiver.js
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ const { concat, toArrayBuffer, unmask } = require('./buffer-util');
 const { isValidStatusCode, isValidUTF8 } = require('./validation');
 
 const FastBuffer = Buffer[Symbol.species];
+const promise = Promise.resolve();
+
 const GET_INFO = 0;
 const GET_PAYLOAD_LENGTH_16 = 1;
 const GET_PAYLOAD_LENGTH_64 = 2;
 const GET_MASK = 3;
 const GET_DATA = 4;
 const INFLATING = 5;
+const WAIT_MICROTASK = 6;
 
 /**
  * HyBi Receiver implementation.
@@ -157,9 +160,23 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
         case GET_DATA:
           err = this.getData(cb);
           break;
+        case INFLATING:
+          this._loop = false;
+          return;
         default:
-          // `INFLATING`
+          //
+          // `WAIT_MICROTASK`.
+          //
           this._loop = false;
+
+          //
+          // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11 and is no
+          // better anyway.
+          //
+          promise.then(() => {
+            this._state = GET_INFO;
+            this.startLoop(cb);
+          });
           return;
       }
     } while (this._loop);
@@ -542,7 +559,7 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
       }
     }
 
-    this._state = GET_INFO;
+    this._state = WAIT_MICROTASK;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -559,6 +576,8 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
       if (data.length === 0) {
         this.emit('conclude', 1005, EMPTY_BUFFER);
         this.end();
+
+        this._state = GET_INFO;
       } else {
         const code = data.readUInt16BE(0);
 
@@ -590,14 +609,16 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
 
         this.emit('conclude', code, buf);
         this.end();
+
+        this._state = GET_INFO;
       }
     } else if (this._opcode === 0x09) {
       this.emit('ping', data);
+      this._state = WAIT_MICROTASK;
     } else {
       this.emit('pong', data);
+      this._state = WAIT_MICROTASK;
     }
-
-    this._state = GET_INFO;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/receiver.test.js b/test/receiver.test.js
index 4ae279469..a4e1bb5ad 100644
--- a/test/receiver.test.js
+++ b/test/receiver.test.js
@@ -1083,4 +1083,96 @@ describe('Receiver', () => {
 
     receiver.write(Buffer.from([0x88, 0x03, 0x03, 0xe8, 0xf8]));
   });
+
+  it("waits a microtask after each 'message' event", (done) => {
+    const messages = [];
+    const receiver = new Receiver();
+
+    receiver.on('message', (data, isBinary) => {
+      assert.ok(!isBinary);
+
+      const message = data.toString();
+      messages.push(message);
+
+      // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
+      Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+        messages.push(`microtask ${message}`);
+
+        if (messages.length === 6) {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(messages, [
+            '1',
+            'microtask 1',
+            '2',
+            'microtask 2',
+            '3',
+            'microtask 3'
+          ]);
+
+          done();
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    receiver.write(Buffer.from('810131810132810133', 'hex'));
+  });
+
+  it("waits a microtask after each 'ping' event", (done) => {
+    const actual = [];
+    const receiver = new Receiver();
+
+    receiver.on('ping', (data) => {
+      const message = data.toString();
+      actual.push(message);
+
+      // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
+      Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+        actual.push(`microtask ${message}`);
+
+        if (actual.length === 6) {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, [
+            '1',
+            'microtask 1',
+            '2',
+            'microtask 2',
+            '3',
+            'microtask 3'
+          ]);
+
+          done();
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    receiver.write(Buffer.from('890131890132890133', 'hex'));
+  });
+
+  it("waits a microtask after each 'pong' event", (done) => {
+    const actual = [];
+    const receiver = new Receiver();
+
+    receiver.on('pong', (data) => {
+      const message = data.toString();
+      actual.push(message);
+
+      // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
+      Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+        actual.push(`microtask ${message}`);
+
+        if (actual.length === 6) {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, [
+            '1',
+            'microtask 1',
+            '2',
+            'microtask 2',
+            '3',
+            'microtask 3'
+          ]);
+
+          done();
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    receiver.write(Buffer.from('8A01318A01328A0133', 'hex'));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/websocket.test.js b/test/websocket.test.js
index cb5b434c0..b90923460 100644
--- a/test/websocket.test.js
+++ b/test/websocket.test.js
@@ -4109,18 +4109,18 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
             const messages = [];
             const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
 
-            ws.on('open', () => {
-              ws._socket.on('end', () => {
-                assert.strictEqual(ws._receiver._state, 5);
-              });
-            });
-
             ws.on('message', (message, isBinary) => {
               assert.ok(!isBinary);
 
               if (messages.push(message.toString()) > 1) return;
 
-              ws.close(1000);
+              // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
+              Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+                process.nextTick(() => {
+                  assert.strictEqual(ws._receiver._state, 5);
+                  ws.close(1000);
+                });
+              });
             });
 
             ws.on('close', (code, reason) => {
@@ -4365,9 +4365,12 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
 
               if (messages.push(message.toString()) > 1) return;
 
-              process.nextTick(() => {
-                assert.strictEqual(ws._receiver._state, 5);
-                ws.terminate();
+              // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
+              Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+                process.nextTick(() => {
+                  assert.strictEqual(ws._receiver._state, 5);
+                  ws.terminate();
+                });
               });
             });