diff --git a/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanCreateStep.ts b/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanCreateStep.ts
index 5fbf273f7f..79f1838387 100644
--- a/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanCreateStep.ts
+++ b/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanCreateStep.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class AppServicePlanNoCreatePermissionsStep extends AzureWizardExecuteStepWithAc
         await context.ui.showWarningMessage(message, { modal: true, stepName: 'AspNoPermissions' }, selectExisting);
 
         context.telemetry.properties.forbiddenResponse = 'SelectExistingAsp';
-        const step: AppServicePlanListStep = new AppServicePlanListStep(true /* suppressCreate */);
+        const step: AppServicePlanListStep = new AppServicePlanListStep(context, true /* suppressCreate */);
         await step.prompt(context);
     }
 
diff --git a/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanListStep.ts b/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanListStep.ts
index 866fe7f581..911b686701 100644
--- a/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanListStep.ts
+++ b/appservice/src/createAppService/AppServicePlanListStep.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ import { IAppServiceWizardContext } from './IAppServiceWizardContext';
 export class AppServicePlanListStep extends AzureWizardPromptStep<IAppServiceWizardContext> {
     private _suppressCreate: boolean | undefined;
 
-    public constructor(suppressCreate?: boolean) {
+    public constructor(context: IAppServiceWizardContext, suppressCreate?: boolean) {
         super();
         this._suppressCreate = suppressCreate;
+
+        // Start retrieving the appservice plans right away; tracks the concurrent list call in `context.plansTask`
+        void AppServicePlanListStep.getPlans(context);
     }
 
     public static async getPlans(context: IAppServiceWizardContext): Promise<AppServicePlan[]> {