diff --git a/distributed/stealing.py b/distributed/stealing.py
index b352040bff7..2a68a232a0e 100644
--- a/distributed/stealing.py
+++ b/distributed/stealing.py
@@ -452,4 +452,4 @@ def _can_steal(thief, ts, victim):
     return True
 
 
-fast_tasks = {"shuffle-split"}
+fast_tasks = {"split-shuffle"}
diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_steal.py b/distributed/tests/test_steal.py
index ee2695cea87..fbabd2a6086 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_steal.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_steal.py
@@ -827,3 +827,38 @@ async def test_balance_with_longer_task(c, s, a, b):
     )  # a task after y, suggesting a, but open to b
     await z
     assert z.key in b.data
+
+
+@gen_cluster(client=True)
+async def test_blacklist_shuffle_split(c, s, a, b):
+
+    pd = pytest.importorskip("pandas")
+    dd = pytest.importorskip("dask.dataframe")
+    npart = 10
+    df = dd.from_pandas(pd.DataFrame({"A": range(100), "B": 1}), npartitions=npart)
+    graph = df.shuffle(
+        "A",
+        shuffle="tasks",
+        # If we don't have enough partitions, we'll fall back to a simple shuffle
+        max_branch=npart - 1,
+    ).sum()
+    res = c.compute(graph)
+
+    while not s.tasks:
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.005)
+    prefixes = set(s.task_prefixes.keys())
+    from distributed.stealing import fast_tasks
+
+    blacklisted = fast_tasks & prefixes
+    assert blacklisted
+    assert any(["split" in prefix for prefix in blacklisted])
+
+    stealable = s.extensions["stealing"].stealable
+    while not res.done():
+        for tasks_per_level in stealable.values():
+            for tasks in tasks_per_level:
+                for ts in tasks:
+                    assert ts.prefix.name not in fast_tasks
+                    assert "split" not in ts.prefix.name
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.001)
+    await res