diff --git a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiSessReal.cc b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiSessReal.cc
index a9a47ca0a95..e602c3e38a7 100644
--- a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiSessReal.cc
+++ b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiSessReal.cc
@@ -170,13 +170,20 @@ XrdSsiTaskReal *XrdSsiSessReal::NewTask(XrdSsiRequest *reqP)
 // Allocate a task object for this request
 //
    if ((tP = freeTask)) freeTask = tP->attList.next;
-      else {if (!alocLeft || !(tP = new XrdSsiTaskReal(this, nextTID)))
+      else {if (!alocLeft || !(tP = new XrdSsiTaskReal(this)))
                {XrdSsiUtils::RetErr(*reqP, "Too many active requests.", EMLINK);
                 return 0;
                }
-            alocLeft--; nextTID++;
+            alocLeft--;
            }
 
+// We always set a new task ID to avoid ID collisions. his is good for over
+// 194 days if we have 1 request/second. In practice. this will work for a
+// couple of years before wrapping. By then the ID's should be free.
+//
+   tP->SetTaskID(nextTID++);
+   nextTID &= XrdSsiRRInfo::idMax;
+
 // Initialize the task and return its pointer
 //
    tP->Init(reqP, reqP->GetTimeOut());
diff --git a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.hh b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.hh
index 97ad26c4641..89040bd79f0 100644
--- a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.hh
+++ b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.hh
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ int    SetBuff(XrdSsiErrInfo &eRef, char *buff, int blen, bool &last);
 
 bool   SetBuff(XrdSsiErrInfo &eRef, char *buff, int blen);
 
-void   SetTaskID(short tid) {tskID = tid;}
+void   SetTaskID(uint32_t tid) {tskID = tid;}
 
 bool   XeqEvent(XrdCl::XRootDStatus *status, XrdCl::AnyObject **respP);
 
-       XrdSsiTaskReal(XrdSsiSessReal *sP, short tid)
+       XrdSsiTaskReal(XrdSsiSessReal *sP)
                      : XrdSsiEvent("TaskReal"),
                        XrdSsiStream(XrdSsiStream::isPassive),
-                       sessP(sP), mdResp(0), wPost(0), tskID(tid),
+                       sessP(sP), mdResp(0), wPost(0), tskID(0),
                        mhPend(false), defer(false)
                     {}
 
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ XrdSysSemaphore  *wPost;
 char             *dataBuff;
 int               dataRlen;
 TaskStat          tStat;
+uint32_t          tskID;
 unsigned short    tmOut;
-short             tskID;
 bool              mhPend;
 bool              defer;
 };