diff --git a/src/core/obj.js b/src/core/obj.js
index 283ea9aba..1c2f4d4c5 100644
--- a/src/core/obj.js
+++ b/src/core/obj.js
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  assert, bytesToString, createPromiseCapability, createValidAbsoluteUrl,
-  FormatError, info, InvalidPDFException, isBool, isNum, isString,
-  PermissionFlag, shadow, stringToPDFString, stringToUTF8String, unreachable,
-  warn
+  assert, bytesToString, createValidAbsoluteUrl, FormatError, info,
+  InvalidPDFException, isBool, isNum, isString, PermissionFlag, shadow,
+  stringToPDFString, stringToUTF8String, unreachable, warn
 } from '../shared/util';
 import {
   clearPrimitiveCaches, Cmd, Dict, isCmd, isDict, isName, isRef, isRefsEqual,
@@ -680,99 +679,85 @@ class Catalog {
     });
   }
 
-  getPageDict(pageIndex) {
-    const capability = createPromiseCapability();
+  async getPageDict(pageIndex) {
     const nodesToVisit = [this.catDict.getRaw('Pages')];
     const xref = this.xref, pageKidsCountCache = this.pageKidsCountCache;
     let count, currentPageIndex = 0;
 
-    function next() {
-      while (nodesToVisit.length) {
-        const currentNode = nodesToVisit.pop();
+    while (nodesToVisit.length) {
+      const currentNode = nodesToVisit.pop();
 
-        if (isRef(currentNode)) {
-          count = pageKidsCountCache.get(currentNode);
-          // Skip nodes where the page can't be.
-          if (count > 0 && currentPageIndex + count < pageIndex) {
-            currentPageIndex += count;
-            continue;
-          }
+      if (isRef(currentNode)) {
+        count = pageKidsCountCache.get(currentNode);
+        // Skip nodes where the page can't be.
+        if (count > 0 && currentPageIndex + count < pageIndex) {
+          currentPageIndex += count;
+          continue;
+        }
+        const obj = await xref.fetchAsync(currentNode);
 
-          xref.fetchAsync(currentNode).then(function(obj) {
-            if (isDict(obj, 'Page') || (isDict(obj) && !obj.has('Kids'))) {
-              if (pageIndex === currentPageIndex) {
-                // Cache the Page reference, since it can *greatly* improve
-                // performance by reducing redundant lookups in long documents
-                // where all nodes are found at *one* level of the tree.
-                if (currentNode && !pageKidsCountCache.has(currentNode)) {
-                  pageKidsCountCache.put(currentNode, 1);
-                }
-                capability.resolve([obj, currentNode]);
-              } else {
-                currentPageIndex++;
-                next();
-              }
-              return;
+        if (isDict(obj, 'Page') || (isDict(obj) && !obj.has('Kids'))) {
+          if (pageIndex === currentPageIndex) {
+            // Cache the Page reference, since it can *greatly* improve
+            // performance by reducing redundant lookups in long documents
+            // where all nodes are found at *one* level of the tree.
+            if (currentNode && !pageKidsCountCache.has(currentNode)) {
+              pageKidsCountCache.put(currentNode, 1);
             }
-            nodesToVisit.push(obj);
-            next();
-          }, capability.reject);
-          return;
-        }
-
-        // Must be a child page dictionary.
-        if (!isDict(currentNode)) {
-          capability.reject(new FormatError(
-            'Page dictionary kid reference points to wrong type of object.'));
-          return;
-        }
-
-        count = currentNode.get('Count');
-        if (Number.isInteger(count) && count >= 0) {
-          // Cache the Kids count, since it can reduce redundant lookups in
-          // documents where all nodes are found at *one* level of the tree.
-          const objId = currentNode.objId;
-          if (objId && !pageKidsCountCache.has(objId)) {
-            pageKidsCountCache.put(objId, count);
-          }
-          // Skip nodes where the page can't be.
-          if (currentPageIndex + count <= pageIndex) {
-            currentPageIndex += count;
-            continue;
+            return [obj, currentNode];
           }
+          currentPageIndex++;
+          continue;
         }
+        nodesToVisit.push(obj);
+        continue;
+      }
 
-        const kids = currentNode.get('Kids');
-        if (!Array.isArray(kids)) {
-          // Prevent errors in corrupt PDF documents that violate the
-          // specification by *inlining* Page dicts directly in the Kids
-          // array, rather than using indirect objects (fixes issue9540.pdf).
-          if (isName(currentNode.get('Type'), 'Page') ||
-              (!currentNode.has('Type') && currentNode.has('Contents'))) {
-            if (currentPageIndex === pageIndex) {
-              capability.resolve([currentNode, null]);
-              return;
-            }
-            currentPageIndex++;
-            continue;
-          }
+      // Must be a child page dictionary.
+      if (!isDict(currentNode)) {
+        throw new FormatError(
+          'Page dictionary kid reference points to wrong type of object.');
+      }
 
-          capability.reject(new FormatError(
-            'Page dictionary kids object is not an array.'));
-          return;
+      count = currentNode.get('Count');
+      if (Number.isInteger(count) && count >= 0) {
+        // Cache the Kids count, since it can reduce redundant lookups in
+        // documents where all nodes are found at *one* level of the tree.
+        const objId = currentNode.objId;
+        if (objId && !pageKidsCountCache.has(objId)) {
+          pageKidsCountCache.put(objId, count);
         }
-
-        // Always check all `Kids` nodes, to avoid getting stuck in an empty
-        // node further down in the tree (see issue5644.pdf, issue8088.pdf),
-        // and to ensure that we actually find the correct `Page` dict.
-        for (let last = kids.length - 1; last >= 0; last--) {
-          nodesToVisit.push(kids[last]);
+        // Skip nodes where the page can't be.
+        if (currentPageIndex + count <= pageIndex) {
+          currentPageIndex += count;
+          continue;
         }
       }
-      capability.reject(new Error(`Page index ${pageIndex} not found.`));
+
+      const kids = currentNode.get('Kids');
+      if (!Array.isArray(kids)) {
+        // Prevent errors in corrupt PDF documents that violate the
+        // specification by *inlining* Page dicts directly in the Kids
+        // array, rather than using indirect objects (fixes issue9540.pdf).
+        if (isName(currentNode.get('Type'), 'Page') ||
+            (!currentNode.has('Type') && currentNode.has('Contents'))) {
+          if (currentPageIndex === pageIndex) {
+            return [currentNode, null];
+          }
+          currentPageIndex++;
+          continue;
+        }
+        throw new FormatError('Page dictionary kids object is not an array.');
+      }
+
+      // Always check all `Kids` nodes, to avoid getting stuck in an empty
+      // node further down in the tree (see issue5644.pdf, issue8088.pdf),
+      // and to ensure that we actually find the correct `Page` dict.
+      for (let last = kids.length - 1; last >= 0; last--) {
+        nodesToVisit.push(kids[last]);
+      }
     }
-    next();
-    return capability.promise;
+    throw new Error(`Page index ${pageIndex} not found.`);
   }
 
   getPageIndex(pageRef) {