diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeoplePostScanTask.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeoplePostScanTask.cs
index 88f0e1e227..cfc7f4310d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeoplePostScanTask.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeoplePostScanTask.cs
@@ -41,12 +41,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library.Validators
         /// <returns>Task.</returns>
         public Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            RunInternal(progress, cancellationToken);
-
-            return Task.FromResult(true);
+            return RunInternal(progress, cancellationToken);
         }
 
-        private void RunInternal(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        private async Task RunInternal(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var userLibraries = _userManager.Users
                 .Select(i => new Tuple<Guid, IList<BaseItem>>(i.Id, i.RootFolder.GetRecursiveChildren(i, null)))
@@ -90,6 +88,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library.Validators
 
                     var itemByName = _libraryManager.GetPerson(name);
 
+                    await itemByName.RefreshMetadata(cancellationToken, allowSlowProviders: false).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
                     foreach (var libraryId in counts.Keys)
                     {
                         var itemCounts = CountHelpers.GetCounts(counts[libraryId]);