diff --git a/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/handlers/QoSAdjusterTaskHandler.java b/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/handlers/QoSAdjusterTaskHandler.java
index 289a679eec5..766084621c8 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/handlers/QoSAdjusterTaskHandler.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/handlers/QoSAdjusterTaskHandler.java
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ public void handleAdjustmentCancelled(PnfsId pnfsId) {
 
     public void notifyAdjustmentCompleted(QoSAdjusterTask task) {
         QoSAdjustmentStatus status;
+        Throwable error = task.getException();
 
         if (task.isCancelled()) {
             status = QoSAdjustmentStatus.CANCELLED;
-        } else if (task.getException() != null) {
+        } else if (error != null) {
             status = QoSAdjustmentStatus.FAILED;
         } else {
             status = QoSAdjustmentStatus.COMPLETED;
@@ -117,8 +118,6 @@ public void notifyAdjustmentCompleted(QoSAdjusterTask task) {
 
         PnfsId pnfsId = task.getPnfsId();
         QoSAction action = task.getAction();
-        Throwable error = task.getException();
-
         QoSAdjustmentResponse response = new QoSAdjustmentResponse();
         response.setAction(action);
         response.setPnfsId(pnfsId);
diff --git a/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/util/QoSAdjusterTask.java b/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/util/QoSAdjusterTask.java
index 9db5a55977b..0d68bd23d1b 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/util/QoSAdjusterTask.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-qos/src/main/java/org/dcache/qos/services/adjuster/util/QoSAdjusterTask.java
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ public QoSAdjusterTask(QoSAdjusterTask task, int retry) {
         this.source = task.source;
         this.target = task.target;
         this.poolGroup = task.poolGroup;
-        this.status = task.status;
         this.subject = task.subject;
+        this.status = Status.INITIALIZED;
     }
 
     @Override