diff --git a/src/bindings/python/src/openvino/runtime/ie_api.py b/src/bindings/python/src/openvino/runtime/ie_api.py
index 6ee10f599a0..c5600d37a1e 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/src/openvino/runtime/ie_api.py
+++ b/src/bindings/python/src/openvino/runtime/ie_api.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class AsyncInferQueue(AsyncInferQueueBase):
         :return: a map object (which is an iterator) that yields InferRequests.
         :rtype: Iterable[openvino.runtime.InferRequest]
         """
-        return map(lambda x: InferRequest(x), super().__iter__())
+        return (InferRequest(x) for x in super().__iter__())
 
     def __getitem__(self, i: int) -> InferRequest:
         """Gets InferRequest from the pool with given i id.