diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index f481936abd3ad..f10700ac54079 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
     ]);
 
     // initial scheduling
-    await this.scheduleNextTasks();
+    await this.tasksSchedule.scheduleNextTasks();
 
     performance.mark('task-execution:start');
 
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
       this.options.skipNxCache === false ||
       this.options.skipNxCache === undefined;
 
+    this.processAllScheduledTasks();
     const batch = this.tasksSchedule.nextBatch();
     if (batch) {
       const groupId = this.closeGroup();
@@ -615,19 +616,13 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
       })
     );
 
-    await this.scheduleNextTasks();
+    await this.tasksSchedule.scheduleNextTasks();
 
     // release blocked threads
     this.waitingForTasks.forEach((f) => f(null));
     this.waitingForTasks.length = 0;
   }
 
-  private async scheduleNextTasks() {
-    await this.tasksSchedule.scheduleNextTasks();
-
-    this.processAllScheduledTasks();
-  }
-
   private complete(
     taskResults: {
       taskId: string;