diff --git a/src/factory/KafkaTaskImpl.cc b/src/factory/KafkaTaskImpl.cc
index ccd45304ec..6b87e784af 100644
--- a/src/factory/KafkaTaskImpl.cc
+++ b/src/factory/KafkaTaskImpl.cc
@@ -774,6 +774,8 @@ __WFKafkaTask *__WFKafkaTaskFactory::create_kafka_task(enum TransportType type,
 		uri.state = URI_STATE_ERROR;
 		uri.error = errno;
 	}
+	else
+		uri.state = URI_STATE_SUCCESS;
 
 	task->init(std::move(uri));
 	task->set_keep_alive(KAFKA_KEEPALIVE_DEFAULT);
diff --git a/src/factory/WFTaskFactory.inl b/src/factory/WFTaskFactory.inl
index dd90d49ce3..0bbb6c2a6d 100644
--- a/src/factory/WFTaskFactory.inl
+++ b/src/factory/WFTaskFactory.inl
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ WFNetworkTaskFactory<REQ, RESP>::create_client_task(enum TransportType type,
 		uri.state = URI_STATE_ERROR;
 		uri.error = errno;
 	}
+	else
+		uri.state = URI_STATE_SUCCESS;
 
 	task->init(std::move(uri));
 	task->set_transport_type(type);