diff --git a/packages/router/src/router.ts b/packages/router/src/router.ts
index ed45df2e36e..9f1c755d574 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/router.ts
@@ -697,9 +697,8 @@ export class Router {
 
     // Make sure that the error is propagated even though `processNavigations` catch
     // handler does not rethrow
-    return promise.catch((e: any) => {
-      return Promise.reject(e);
-    });
+    // perf: Use `.bind` to avoid holding the other closures in this scope while this promise is unsettled.
+    return promise.catch(Promise.reject.bind(Promise));
   }
 }