diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Task.ts b/src/libs/actions/Task.ts
index f2809d2997f..0fcd53d993d 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Task.ts
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Task.ts
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ function canActionTask(taskReport: OnyxEntry<OnyxTypes.Report>, sessionAccountID
     }
 
     // When there is no parent report, exit early (this can also happen due to onyx key initialization)
-    if (!parentReport) {
+    if (!parentReport && !taskReport?.parentReportID) {
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/actions/TaskTest.ts b/tests/actions/TaskTest.ts
index d1cd2c0b64d..8b9127e4b96 100644
--- a/tests/actions/TaskTest.ts
+++ b/tests/actions/TaskTest.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ describe('actions/Task', () => {
                 expect(canActionTask(taskReportCancelled)).toBe(false);
             });
 
+            it('returns false if parentReport is undefined and taskReport has no parentReportID', () => {
+                const task = {
+                    ...taskReport,
+                    parentReportID: undefined,
+                };
+
+                expect(canActionTask(task, taskAssigneeAccountID, undefined, false)).toBe(false);
+            });
+
             it('returns false if the report is a cancelled task report', () => {
                 // The accountID doesn't matter here because the code will do an early return for the cancelled report
                 expect(canActionTask(taskReportCancelled, 0)).toBe(false);