diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/migrate-from-angular-cli.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/migrate-from-angular-cli.ts
index 4be4020d52113..b2553846cb8ef 100755
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/migrate-from-angular-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/migrate-from-angular-cli.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export async function migrateFromAngularCli(
     createRootKarmaConfig(tree);
   }
   if (workspaceRootFileTypesInfo.eslint) {
-    updateRootEsLintConfig(tree, eslintConfig, options.unitTestRunner);
+    await updateRootEsLintConfig(tree, eslintConfig, options.unitTestRunner);
     cleanupEsLintPackages(tree);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/workspace.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/workspace.ts
index 9989987c6dcac..118c9f29178c6 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/ng-add/utilities/workspace.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   updateNxJson,
   writeJson,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
-import { Linter, lintInitGenerator } from '@nx/eslint';
+import { lintInitGenerator } from '@nx/eslint';
 import { setupRootEsLint } from '@nx/eslint/src/generators/lint-project/setup-root-eslint';
 import {
   getRootTsConfigPathInTree,
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ export function updatePackageJson(tree: Tree): void {
   });
 }
 
-export function updateRootEsLintConfig(
+export async function updateRootEsLintConfig(
   tree: Tree,
   existingEsLintConfig: any | undefined,
   unitTestRunner?: string
-): void {
-  lintInitGenerator(tree, {});
+): Promise<void> {
+  await lintInitGenerator(tree, {});
 
   if (!existingEsLintConfig) {
     // There was no eslint config in the root, so we set it up and use it as-is
diff --git a/packages/eslint/src/generators/init/init.ts b/packages/eslint/src/generators/init/init.ts
index 56fbd535256b7..a2f03f7fe2f97 100644
--- a/packages/eslint/src/generators/init/init.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint/src/generators/init/init.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ async function initEsLint(
   }
 
   if (options.updatePackageScripts) {
-    updatePackageScripts(tree, createNodes);
+    await updatePackageScripts(tree, createNodes);
   }
 
   return runTasksInSerial(...tasks);