diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index b1d4c6b57d3..ba39df6877b 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -2742,6 +2742,7 @@ int config_parse_tasks_max(
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        c->tasks_max = u;
         return 0;
 }