diff --git a/packages/backend/src/prelude/promise.ts b/packages/backend/src/prelude/promise.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..058ed9711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/prelude/promise.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Returns T if promise settles before timeout, otherwise returns void, finishing execution in the background.
+export async function promiseEarlyReturn<T>(promise: Promise<T>, after: number): Promise<T | void> {
+    const timer: Promise<void> = new Promise((res) => setTimeout(() => res(undefined), after));
+    return Promise.race([promise, timer]);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/user.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/user.ts
index 559745288..0a679c3e4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/user.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/user.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { MastoApiError } from "@/server/api/mastodon/middleware/catch-errors.js"
 import { MastoContext } from "@/server/api/mastodon/index.js";
 import { resolveUser } from "@/remote/resolve-user.js";
 import { updatePerson } from "@/remote/activitypub/models/person.js";
+import { promiseEarlyReturn } from "@/prelude/promise.js";
 
 export type AccountCache = {
     locks: AsyncLock;
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ export class UserHelpers {
         if (Object.keys(updates).length > 0) await Users.update(user.id, updates);
         if (Object.keys(profileUpdates).length > 0) {
             await UserProfiles.update({ userId: user.id }, profileUpdates);
-            await UserProfiles.updateMentions(user.id);
+            await promiseEarlyReturn(UserProfiles.updateMentions(user.id), 1500);
         }
 
         return this.verifyCredentials(ctx);