diff --git a/base/task.jl b/base/task.jl
index 611135cb6981c..feec0371f754a 100644
--- a/base/task.jl
+++ b/base/task.jl
@@ -776,17 +776,25 @@ function enq_work(t::Task)
     # Sticky tasks go into their thread's work queue.
     if t.sticky
         tid = Threads.threadid(t)
-        if tid == 0 && !GC.in_finalizer()
+        if tid == 0
             # The task is not yet stuck to a thread. Stick it to the current
             # thread and do the same to the parent task (the current task) so
             # that the tasks are correctly co-scheduled (issue #41324).
             # XXX: Ideally we would be able to unset this.
-            tid = Threads.threadid()
-            ccall(:jl_set_task_tid, Cint, (Any, Cint), t, tid-1)
-            current_task().sticky = true
+            if GC.in_finalizer()
+                # The task was launched in a finalizer. There is no thread to sticky it
+                # to, so just allow it to run anywhere as if it had been non-sticky.
+                t.sticky = false
+                @goto not_sticky
+            else
+                tid = Threads.threadid()
+                ccall(:jl_set_task_tid, Cint, (Any, Cint), t, tid-1)
+                current_task().sticky = true
+            end
         end
         push!(workqueue_for(tid), t)
     else
+        @label not_sticky
         tp = Threads.threadpool(t)
         if Threads.threadpoolsize(tp) == 1
             # There's only one thread in the task's assigned thread pool;