diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts
index 9d7b6dff46a..68913bca466 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTerminalService.ts
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ export class MainThreadTerminalService implements MainThreadTerminalServiceShape
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	private _onRequestAvailableShells(request: IAvailableShellsRequest): void {
+	private async _onRequestAvailableShells(callback: IAvailableShellsRequest): Promise<void> {
 		if (this._isPrimaryExtHost()) {
-			this._proxy.$requestAvailableShells().then(e => request(e));
+			callback(await this._proxy.$getAvailableShells());
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
index 40bb47aef3b..74abb50cd7d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ export interface ExtHostTerminalServiceShape {
 	$acceptProcessRequestCwd(id: number): void;
 	$acceptProcessRequestLatency(id: number): number;
 	$acceptWorkspacePermissionsChanged(isAllowed: boolean): void;
-	$requestAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]>;
+	$getAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]>;
 	$requestDefaultShellAndArgs(useAutomationShell: boolean): Promise<IShellAndArgsDto>;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts
index 14a2c9cc9e6..1287e9dc8d7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ export abstract class BaseExtHostTerminalService implements IExtHostTerminalServ
 	public abstract getDefaultShell(useAutomationShell: boolean, configProvider: ExtHostConfigProvider): string;
 	public abstract getDefaultShellArgs(useAutomationShell: boolean, configProvider: ExtHostConfigProvider): string[] | string;
 	public abstract $spawnExtHostProcess(id: number, shellLaunchConfigDto: IShellLaunchConfigDto, activeWorkspaceRootUriComponents: UriComponents, cols: number, rows: number, isWorkspaceShellAllowed: boolean): Promise<void>;
-	public abstract $requestAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]>;
+	public abstract $getAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]>;
 	public abstract $requestDefaultShellAndArgs(useAutomationShell: boolean): Promise<IShellAndArgsDto>;
 	public abstract $acceptWorkspacePermissionsChanged(isAllowed: boolean): void;
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ export class WorkerExtHostTerminalService extends BaseExtHostTerminalService {
 		throw new Error('Not implemented');
 	}
 
-	public $requestAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]> {
+	public $getAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]> {
 		throw new Error('Not implemented');
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts
index 1eda3462786..25caa61049e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTerminalService.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class ExtHostTerminalService extends BaseExtHostTerminalService {
 		this._setupExtHostProcessListeners(id, new TerminalProcess(shellLaunchConfig, initialCwd, cols, rows, env, enableConpty, this._logService));
 	}
 
-	public $requestAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]> {
+	public $getAvailableShells(): Promise<IShellDefinitionDto[]> {
 		return detectAvailableShells();
 	}