diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs
index a1ccee7b5..b08c31ec5 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ private void DoOneRepl(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             if (!_hostInfo.ConsoleReplEnabled)
             {
+                // Throttle the REPL loop with a sleep because we're not interactively reading input from the user.
+                Thread.Sleep(100);
                 return;
             }