diff --git a/src/modules/wind_estimator/wind_estimator_main.cpp b/src/modules/wind_estimator/wind_estimator_main.cpp
index fed862f18d..046d4007ed 100644
--- a/src/modules/wind_estimator/wind_estimator_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/wind_estimator/wind_estimator_main.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ WindEstimatorModule::task_spawn(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	_task_id = task_id_is_work_queue;
+
 	return PX4_OK;
 }