diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index f3f6bd330b9ec9..4a077810d0e112 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -1215,6 +1215,8 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon_1(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
 			_("could not start IPC thread pool on '%s'"),
 			state->path_ipc.buf);
 
+	ipc_server_start_async(&state->ipc_server_data);
+
 	/*
 	 * Start the fsmonitor listener thread to collect filesystem
 	 * events.