diff --git a/src/system/TaskCreation.cpp b/src/system/TaskCreation.cpp
index 72c5727..be4bd19 100644
--- a/src/system/TaskCreation.cpp
+++ b/src/system/TaskCreation.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ void nanos6_submit_task(void *taskHandle)
 	// own space of data dependencies
 	TaskMetadata *taskMetadata = TaskMetadata::getTaskMetadata(task);
 	nosv_task_t parentTask = nosv_self();
+
+	// Initialize nOS-V priority if needed
+	taskMetadata->computePriority();
+
 	if (!taskMetadata->isSpawned() && parentTask != nullptr) {
 		taskMetadata->setParent(parentTask);
 	}
diff --git a/src/tasks/TaskMetadata.hpp b/src/tasks/TaskMetadata.hpp
index b571628..71c2fc4 100644
--- a/src/tasks/TaskMetadata.hpp
+++ b/src/tasks/TaskMetadata.hpp
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ class TaskMetadata {
 		_dataAccesses(taskAccessInfo),
 		_flags(flags)
 	{
-		// Initialize nOS-V priority if needed
-		computePriority();
 	}
 
 	inline bool hasCode() const