diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py b/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py
index 499a83b0444..f9ff1dd7770 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from homeassistant.components.http import HomeAssistantView
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant, callback
 from homeassistant.helpers.aiohttp_client import async_get_clientsession
 from homeassistant.helpers.typing import UNDEFINED
+from homeassistant.util.async_ import create_eager_task
 
 from .const import X_HASS_SOURCE, X_INGRESS_PATH
 from .http import should_compress
@@ -143,8 +144,8 @@ class HassIOIngress(HomeAssistantView):
             # Proxy requests
             await asyncio.wait(
                 [
-                    asyncio.create_task(_websocket_forward(ws_server, ws_client)),
-                    asyncio.create_task(_websocket_forward(ws_client, ws_server)),
+                    create_eager_task(_websocket_forward(ws_server, ws_client)),
+                    create_eager_task(_websocket_forward(ws_client, ws_server)),
                 ],
                 return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED,
             )