diff --git a/src/link/Queue.zig b/src/link/Queue.zig
index 81585b91f377efd195b19a07a15cbf20241b1713..391768cf71bd68c47c52fa0f3c9dd3f6cddc4620 100644
--- a/src/link/Queue.zig
+++ b/src/link/Queue.zig
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ fn runLinkTasks(q: *Queue, comp: *Compilation) Io.Cancelable!void {
         };
     }
 
+    have_idle_tasks = true;
     zcu_tasks: while (true) {
         var task_buf: [128]ZcuTask = undefined;
         const limit: usize = if (have_idle_tasks) 0 else 1;