diff --git a/lib/crawler.js b/lib/crawler.js
index 5e3ddd0..c021651 100644
--- a/lib/crawler.js
+++ b/lib/crawler.js
@@ -92,21 +92,28 @@ class Crawler {
   }
 
   _completeRequest(request) {
+    // requeue the request if needed then wait for any accumulated promises and release the lock and clean up the queue
+    this._requeue(request);
     const self = this;
-    return this._releaseLock(request).finally(() => {
-      if (request.shouldRequeue()) {
-        request.attemptCount = request.attemptCount || 1;
-        if (++request.attemptCount > 5) {
-          self.logger.warn(`Exceeded attempt count for ${request.type} ${request.url}`);
-          self.queue(request, request, self.deadletterQueue);
-        } else {
-          request.addMeta({ attempt: request.attemptCount });
-          self.logger.verbose(`Requeuing attempt ${request.attemptCount} of request ${request.type} for ${request.url}`);
-          self.queue(request, request, request.originQueue);
-        }
-      }
-      return self._deleteFromQueue(request);
-    });
+    return Q.all(request.promises)
+      .finally(() => self._releaseLock(request))
+      .finally(() => self._deleteFromQueue(request))
+      .then(() => { return request; });
+  }
+
+  _requeue(request) {
+    if (!request.shouldRequeue()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    request.attemptCount = request.attemptCount || 1;
+    if (++request.attemptCount > 5) {
+      self.logger.warn(`Exceeded attempt count for ${request.type} ${request.url}`);
+      self.queue(request, request, self.deadletterQueue);
+    } else {
+      request.addMeta({ attempt: request.attemptCount });
+      self.logger.verbose(`Requeuing attempt ${request.attemptCount} of request ${request.type} for ${request.url}`);
+      self.queue(request, request, request.originQueue);
+    }
   }
 
   _pop(queue, request = null) {