diff --git a/lisp/magit-tag.el b/lisp/magit-tag.el
index 928c7ff36c..9d60c017b7 100644
--- a/lisp/magit-tag.el
+++ b/lisp/magit-tag.el
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ like \"/path/to/foo-bar\"."
                                       (directory-file-name (magit-toplevel))))
                                     ver)))))
              args))))
-  (magit-run-git-async "tag" args (and msg (list "-m" msg)) tag)
+  (magit-run-git-with-editor "tag" args (and msg (list "-m" msg)) tag)
   (set-process-sentinel
    magit-this-process
    (lambda (process event)