diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.module b/core/modules/system/system.module
index 709fd1f..a7ba3a4 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.module
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Utility\ModuleInfo;
 use Drupal\Core\TypedData\Primitive;
 
+use Guzzle\Plugin\Async\AsyncPlugin;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 
 /**
  * Maximum age of temporary files in seconds.
@@ -3686,7 +3686,18 @@ function system_run_automated_cron() {
   if (($threshold = config('system.cron')->get('threshold.autorun')) > 0 && variable_get('install_task') == 'done') {
     $cron_last = state()->get('system.cron_last') ?: NULL;
     if (!isset($cron_last) || (REQUEST_TIME - $cron_last > $threshold)) {
-      drupal_cron_run();
+      // Only execute the request if we can aquire the lock. If this fails then
+      // another request is already taking care of it and we don't have to
+      // retry.
+      if (lock()->acquire('cron_request')) {
+        // Execute the asynchronous request. This will return immediately with a
+        // HTTP/1.1 200 OK and X-Guzzle-Async as the singe header.
+        $url = url('cron/' . state()->get('system.cron_key'), array('absolute' => TRUE));
+        $request = drupal_container()->get('http_default_client')->get($url);
+        $request->addSubscriber(new AsyncPlugin());
+        $request->send();
+        lock()->release('cron_request');
+      }
     }
   }
 }