diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MissingAwait.ql b/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MissingAwait.ql
index 08b6c7af0bb..cb59b3ec738 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MissingAwait.ql
+++ b/javascript/ql/src/Expressions/MissingAwait.ql
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import javascript
+private import semmle.javascript.internal.TypeResolution
 
 /**
  * Holds if `call` is a call to an `async` function.
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ predicate isPromise(DataFlow::SourceNode node, boolean nullable) {
   isAsyncCall(node, nullable)
   or
   not isAsyncCall(node, _) and
-  node.asExpr().getType() instanceof PromiseType and
+  TypeResolution::valueHasPromiseType(node.asExpr()) and
   nullable = true
 }