diff --git a/tasks/task_decompress.c b/tasks/task_decompress.c
index 276b829a5c..104725c831 100644
--- a/tasks/task_decompress.c
+++ b/tasks/task_decompress.c
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ bool rarch_task_push_decompress(
       retro_task_callback_t cb,
       void *user_data)
 {
-   task_finder_data_t find_data;
    char tmp[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    decompress_state_t *s      = NULL;
    retro_task_t *t            = NULL;
@@ -275,10 +274,7 @@ bool rarch_task_push_decompress(
    if (!valid_ext || !valid_ext[0])
       valid_ext   = NULL;
 
-   find_data.func     = rarch_task_decompress_finder;
-   find_data.userdata = (void*)source_file;
-
-   if (task_queue_ctl(TASK_QUEUE_CTL_FIND, &find_data))
+   if (rarch_task_check_decompress(source_file))
    {
       RARCH_LOG("[decompress] File '%s' already being decompressed.\n",
             source_file);