diff --git a/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py
index 3942ca6368f..0bd2ed87d20 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py
@@ -298,8 +298,13 @@ async def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> bool:
     await _async_process_config(hass, config, component)
 
     # Add some default blueprints to blueprints/automation, does nothing
-    # if blueprints/automation already exists
-    await async_get_blueprints(hass).async_populate()
+    # if blueprints/automation already exists but still has to create
+    # an executor job to check if the folder exists so we run it in a
+    # separate task to avoid waiting for it to finish setting up
+    # since a tracked task will be waited at the end of startup
+    hass.async_create_task(
+        async_get_blueprints(hass).async_populate(), eager_start=True
+    )
 
     async def trigger_service_handler(
         entity: BaseAutomationEntity, service_call: ServiceCall
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py
index 79ed69d2cdf..82752ed15bc 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py
@@ -223,8 +223,13 @@ async def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> bool:
     await _async_process_config(hass, config, component)
 
     # Add some default blueprints to blueprints/script, does nothing
-    # if blueprints/script already exists
-    await async_get_blueprints(hass).async_populate()
+    # if blueprints/script already exists but still has to create
+    # an executor job to check if the folder exists so we run it in a
+    # separate task to avoid waiting for it to finish setting up
+    # since a tracked task will be waited at the end of startup
+    hass.async_create_task(
+        async_get_blueprints(hass).async_populate(), eager_start=True
+    )
 
     async def reload_service(service: ServiceCall) -> None:
         """Call a service to reload scripts."""