diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
index 574d8aa7..2c994856 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 {
     public interface ITileImageLoader
     {
-        void LoadTilesAsync(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles, TileSource tileSource, string sourceName);
+        void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles, TileSource tileSource, string sourceName);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ namespace MapControl
                 Children.Add(tile.Image);
             }
 
-            TileImageLoader.LoadTilesAsync(Tiles, TileSource, SourceName);
+            TileImageLoader.BeginLoadTiles(Tiles, TileSource, SourceName);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
index e59f541b..2bc29a2f 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MapControl
@@ -43,32 +45,68 @@ namespace MapControl
         public static string CacheKeyFormat { get; set; } = "{0};{1};{2};{3}{4}";
 
         private readonly TileQueue tileQueue = new TileQueue();
+        private int taskCount;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Loads all pending tiles from the tiles collection in up to MaxLoadTasks parallel Tasks.
         /// If the UriFormat of the TileSource starts with "http" and the sourceName string is non-empty,
         /// tile images are cached in the TileImageLoader's Cache.
         /// </summary>
-        public void LoadTilesAsync(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles, TileSource tileSource, string sourceName)
+        public void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles, TileSource tileSource, string sourceName)
         {
             tileQueue.Clear();
 
-            if (tileSource != null && tileQueue.Enqueue(tiles))
+            if (tileSource != null)
             {
-                if (Cache != null &&
-                    tileSource.UriFormat != null &&
-                    tileSource.UriFormat.StartsWith("http") &&
-                    !string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceName))
+                tileQueue.Enqueue(tiles);
+
+                var newTasks = Math.Min(tileQueue.Count, MaxLoadTasks) - taskCount;
+
+                if (newTasks > 0)
                 {
-                    tileQueue.RunDequeueTasks(MaxLoadTasks, tile => LoadCachedTileImageAsync(tile, tileSource, sourceName));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    tileQueue.RunDequeueTasks(MaxLoadTasks, tile => LoadTileImageAsync(tile, tileSource));
+                    Func<Tile, Task> loadTileFunc;
+
+                    if (Cache != null &&
+                        tileSource.UriFormat != null &&
+                        tileSource.UriFormat.StartsWith("http") &&
+                        !string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceName))
+                    {
+                        loadTileFunc = tile => LoadCachedTileImageAsync(tile, tileSource, sourceName);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        loadTileFunc = tile => LoadTileImageAsync(tile, tileSource);
+                    }
+
+                    Interlocked.Add(ref taskCount, newTasks);
+
+                    while (--newTasks >= 0)
+                    {
+                        Task.Run(() => LoadTilesAsync(loadTileFunc));
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        private async Task LoadTilesAsync(Func<Tile, Task> loadFunc)
+        {
+            Tile tile;
+
+            while (tileQueue.TryDequeue(out tile))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    await loadFunc(tile);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Debug.WriteLine("TileImageLoader: {0}: {1}", tile, ex.Message);
+                }
+            }
+
+            Interlocked.Decrement(ref taskCount);
+        }
+
         private async Task LoadCachedTileImageAsync(Tile tile, TileSource tileSource, string sourceName)
         {
             var uri = tileSource.GetUri(tile.XIndex, tile.Y, tile.ZoomLevel);
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileQueue.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TileQueue.cs
index ef62c9cf..d3907901 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileQueue.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TileQueue.cs
@@ -2,31 +2,22 @@
 // © 2019 Clemens Fischer
 // Licensed under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
 
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
     public class TileQueue : ConcurrentStack<Tile>
     {
-        private int taskCount;
-
-        public bool Enqueue(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles)
+        public void Enqueue(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles)
         {
             tiles = tiles.Where(tile => tile.Pending);
 
             if (tiles.Any())
             {
                 PushRange(tiles.Reverse().ToArray());
-                return true;
             }
-
-            return false;
         }
 
         public bool TryDequeue(out Tile tile)
@@ -40,36 +31,5 @@ namespace MapControl
 
             return success;
         }
-
-        public void RunDequeueTasks(int maxTasks, Func<Tile, Task> tileFunc)
-        {
-            var newTasks = Math.Min(Count, maxTasks) - taskCount;
-
-            while (--newTasks >= 0)
-            {
-                Interlocked.Increment(ref taskCount);
-
-                Task.Run(() => DequeueTiles(tileFunc));
-            }
-        }
-
-        private async Task DequeueTiles(Func<Tile, Task> tileFunc)
-        {
-            Tile tile;
-
-            while (TryDequeue(out tile))
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    await tileFunc(tile);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Debug.WriteLine("TileQueue: {0}: {1}", tile, ex.Message);
-                }
-            }
-
-            Interlocked.Decrement(ref taskCount);
-        }
     }
 }