diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index 102462eb8f..ea3d808308 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ void task_kill(struct task *t)
 			thr = my_ffsl(t->thread_mask) - 1;
 
 			/* Beware: tasks that have never run don't have their ->list empty yet! */
-			LIST_INIT(&((struct tasklet *)t)->list);
-			MT_LIST_TRY_ADDQ(&task_per_thread[thr].shared_tasklet_list,
+			MT_LIST_ADDQ(&task_per_thread[thr].shared_tasklet_list,
 			             (struct mt_list *)&((struct tasklet *)t)->list);
 			_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&tasks_run_queue, 1);
 			_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&task_per_thread[thr].task_list_size, 1);