diff --git a/src/graphql/pyutils/is_awaitable.py b/src/graphql/pyutils/is_awaitable.py
index ce8c93c0..0ab9eb93 100644
--- a/src/graphql/pyutils/is_awaitable.py
+++ b/src/graphql/pyutils/is_awaitable.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 CO_ITERABLE_COROUTINE = inspect.CO_ITERABLE_COROUTINE
 
+_common_primitives = {int, float, bool, str, list, dict, tuple, type(None)}
+
 
 def is_awaitable(value: Any) -> TypeGuard[Awaitable]:
     """Return True if object can be passed to an ``await`` expression.
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ def is_awaitable(value: Any) -> TypeGuard[Awaitable]:
     Instead of testing whether the object is an instance of abc.Awaitable, we
     check the existence of an `__await__` attribute. This is much faster.
     """
+    if type(value) in _common_primitives:
+        return False
+
     return (
         # check for coroutine objects
         isinstance(value, CoroutineType)