diff --git a/support/scripts/pkg-stats b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
index 99e0ecb828..2119f51cd5 100755
--- a/support/scripts/pkg-stats
+++ b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ async def check_package_urls(packages):
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=connector, trust_env=True) as sess:
         packages = [p for p in packages if p.status['url'][0] == 'ok']
         for pkg in packages:
-            tasks.append(check_url_status(sess, pkg, len(packages)))
+            tasks.append(asyncio.ensure_future(check_url_status(sess, pkg, len(packages))))
         await asyncio.wait(tasks)
 
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ async def check_package_latest_version(packages):
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=connector, trust_env=True) as sess:
         packages = [p for p in packages if p.has_valid_infra]
         for pkg in packages:
-            tasks.append(check_package_latest_version_get(sess, pkg, len(packages)))
+            tasks.append(asyncio.ensure_future(check_package_latest_version_get(sess, pkg, len(packages))))
         await asyncio.wait(tasks)