diff --git a/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
index 531d9851a0..bb706a5793 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
@@ -59,9 +59,12 @@ describe('AppComponent', () => {
 
   describe('with proper DocViewer', () => {
 
-    beforeEach(() => {
+    // For reasons unknown, not using `done` (even calling it synchronously),
+    // causes Chrome (v58+) to often get disconnected (at least on Windows and Travis).
+    beforeEach(done => {
       createTestingModule('a/b');
       initializeTest();
+      done();
     });
 
     it('should create', () => {