diff --git a/api/task_manager.cc b/api/task_manager.cc
index f5ecd24ccd..2fcf7a7e86 100644
--- a/api/task_manager.cc
+++ b/api/task_manager.cc
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ void set_task_manager(http_context& ctx, routes& r, db::config& cfg) {
             task = co_await tasks::task_manager::invoke_on_task(ctx.tm, id, std::function([] (tasks::task_manager::task_ptr task) {
                 return task->done().then_wrapped([task] (auto f) {
                     task->unregister_task();
-                    f.get();
+                    // done() is called only because we want the task to be complete before getting its status.
+                    // The future should be ignored here as the result does not matter.
+                    f.ignore_ready_future();
                     return make_foreign(task);
                 });
             }));