diff --git a/src/emacs/lean-flycheck.el b/src/emacs/lean-flycheck.el
index 8c403995d0..4b17350bea 100644
--- a/src/emacs/lean-flycheck.el
+++ b/src/emacs/lean-flycheck.el
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         ;; show current task when not in current file
         (when (and cur-task
                    (not (equal cur-fn (plist-get cur-task :file_name))))
-          (setq display-tasks (cons cur-task display-task)))
+          (setq display-tasks (cons cur-task display-tasks)))
         (mapcar (lambda (task) (apply #'lean-flycheck-parse-task checker buffer cur-fn task))
                 display-tasks))))