diff --git a/src/check.c b/src/check.c
index d65850da9..2da39af4d 100644
--- a/src/check.c
+++ b/src/check.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,10 @@ struct task *process_chk_conn(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned int state)
 			check_notify_success(check);
 		}
 	}
+
+        if (LIST_INLIST(&check->buf_wait.list))
+                LIST_DEL_INIT(&check->buf_wait.list);
+
 	task_set_affinity(t, MAX_THREADS_MASK);
 	check_release_buf(check, &check->bi);
 	check_release_buf(check, &check->bo);