diff --git a/mrbgems/mruby-task/include/task.h b/mrbgems/mruby-task/include/task.h
index f528f0870..6004821a4 100644
--- a/mrbgems/mruby-task/include/task.h
+++ b/mrbgems/mruby-task/include/task.h
@@ -99,10 +99,9 @@ mrb_value mrb_tasks_run(mrb_state *mrb);
 void mrb_task_mark_all(mrb_state *mrb);
 
 /*
- * Task context status values (extends mrb_fiber_state)
+ * Task context status values
+ * (MRB_TASK_CREATED and MRB_TASK_STOPPED are defined in mrb_fiber_state enum)
  */
-#define MRB_TASK_CREATED  (MRB_FIBER_TERMINATED + 1)
-#define MRB_TASK_STOPPED  (MRB_FIBER_TERMINATED + 2)
 
 #endif /* MRB_USE_TASK_SCHEDULER */
 
diff --git a/mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c b/mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c
index 2ebbe63d3..afe56ba34 100644
--- a/mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c
+++ b/mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c
@@ -988,8 +988,9 @@ mrb_task_s_new(mrb_state *mrb, mrb_value self)
   mrb_task *t;
   mrb_value task_obj;
   mrb_value kw_values[2] = {mrb_undef_value(), mrb_undef_value()};
+  mrb_sym kw_names[2] = {mrb_intern_lit(mrb, "name"), mrb_intern_lit(mrb, "priority")};
   const mrb_kwargs kwargs = {
-    2, 0, (mrb_sym[]){mrb_intern_lit(mrb, "name"), mrb_intern_lit(mrb, "priority")}, kw_values, NULL
+    2, 0, kw_names, kw_values, NULL
   };
 
   /* Get block and optional keyword arguments */