diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/include/omptarget.h b/openmp/libomptarget/include/omptarget.h
index dd577e4051e21..4aab729190b9c 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/include/omptarget.h
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/include/omptarget.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <deque>
 #include <functional>
-#include <optional>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <type_traits>
@@ -244,12 +243,12 @@ class AsyncInfoTy {
 
   /// Check if all asynchronous operations are completed.
   ///
-  /// \note if the operations are completed, the registered post-processing
-  /// functions will be executed once and unregistered afterwards.
+  /// \note only a lightweight check. If needed, use synchronize() to query the
+  /// status of AsyncInfo before checking.
   ///
   /// \returns true if there is no pending asynchronous operations, false
-  /// otherwise. We return a null value in the case of an error from the plugin.
-  std::optional<bool> isDone();
+  /// otherwise.
+  bool isDone() const;
 
   /// Add a new post-processing function to be executed after synchronization.
   ///
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/interface.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/src/interface.cpp
index 45f499962e4d1..b155d09dcf8c7 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/interface.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/interface.cpp
@@ -412,12 +412,11 @@ EXTERN void __tgt_target_nowait_query(void **AsyncHandle) {
   if (QueryCounter.isAboveThreshold())
     AsyncInfo->SyncType = AsyncInfoTy::SyncTy::BLOCKING;
 
-  auto DoneOrErr = AsyncInfo->isDone();
-  if (!DoneOrErr)
+  if (const int Rc = AsyncInfo->synchronize())
     FATAL_MESSAGE0(1, "Error while querying the async queue for completion.\n");
   // If there are device operations still pending, return immediately without
   // deallocating the handle and increase the current thread query count.
-  if (!*DoneOrErr) {
+  if (!AsyncInfo->isDone()) {
     QueryCounter.increment();
     return;
   }
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/omptarget.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/src/omptarget.cpp
index 221ba949b8ebb..bbf1389429fef 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/omptarget.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/omptarget.cpp
@@ -51,13 +51,7 @@ void *&AsyncInfoTy::getVoidPtrLocation() {
   return BufferLocations.back();
 }
 
-std::optional<bool> AsyncInfoTy::isDone() {
-  if (synchronize() == OFFLOAD_FAIL)
-    return std::nullopt;
-
-  // The async info operations are completed when the internal queue is empty.
-  return isQueueEmpty();
-}
+bool AsyncInfoTy::isDone() const { return isQueueEmpty(); }
 
 int32_t AsyncInfoTy::runPostProcessing() {
   size_t Size = PostProcessingFunctions.size();
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/private.h b/openmp/libomptarget/src/private.h
index fe55355e62187..9f156192e1036 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/private.h
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/private.h
@@ -250,13 +250,9 @@ class TaskAsyncInfoWrapperTy {
     if (AsyncInfo == &LocalAsyncInfo)
       return;
 
-    auto DoneOrErr = AsyncInfo->isDone();
-    if (!DoneOrErr)
-      FATAL_MESSAGE0(1,
-                     "Error while querying the async queue for completion.\n");
     // If the are device operations still pending, return immediately without
     // deallocating the handle.
-    if (!*DoneOrErr)
+    if (!AsyncInfo->isDone())
       return;
 
     // Delete the handle and unset it from the OpenMP task data.