diff --git a/launcher/tasks/Task.h b/launcher/tasks/Task.h
index 6591ca302..38c09da90 100644
--- a/launcher/tasks/Task.h
+++ b/launcher/tasks/Task.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Task : public QObject, public QRunnable {
     //! used by external code to ask the task to abort
     virtual bool abort()
     {
-        if (canAbort())
+        if (canAbort() && isRunning())
             emitAborted();
         return canAbort();
     }