diff --git a/src/shared/git-worktree-operation-lock.ts b/src/shared/git-worktree-operation-lock.ts
index 1c3f6b05e27..273fa74f947 100644
--- a/src/shared/git-worktree-operation-lock.ts
+++ b/src/shared/git-worktree-operation-lock.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { realpathSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { realpath } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { runWithGitOperationLock } from './git-operation-lock'
 
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ export async function runWithGitWorktreeOperationLock<T>(
   signal: AbortSignal | undefined,
   run: () => Promise<T>
 ): Promise<T> {
-  // Why: the key must resolve synchronously so back-to-back callers (stage, then commit)
-  // join the lane in call order. An async realpath is not ordered and can run a commit first.
-  let key = resolve(worktreePath)
-  try {
-    key = realpathSync.native(worktreePath) || key
-  } catch {
-    // A missing or temporarily unreachable worktree still gets serialized.
-  }
-  return runWithGitOperationLock(key, signal, run)
+  const fallbackKey = resolve(worktreePath)
+  // Why: back-to-back callers (stage, then commit) must join the canonical lane in call order.
+  // realpath is async and unordered, so sequence it under a lane keyed by the raw path, which
+  // needs no I/O. realpath stays async because a hung 9P/UNC lookup must not block the process.
+  return runWithGitOperationLock(`order\0${fallbackKey}`, signal, async () => {
+    let key = fallbackKey
+    try {
+      key = (await realpath(worktreePath)) || fallbackKey
+    } catch {
+      // A missing or temporarily unreachable worktree still gets serialized.
+    }
+    return runWithGitOperationLock(key, signal, run)
+  })
 }