diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/ChunkRequestTask.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/ChunkRequestTask.php
index 16fb7370f..e36af1380 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/ChunkRequestTask.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/ChunkRequestTask.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ChunkRequestTask extends AsyncTask{
 		$batch->setCompressionLevel($this->compressionLevel);
 		$batch->encode();
 
-		$this->setResult($batch->buffer, false);
+		$this->setResult($batch->buffer);
 	}
 
 	public function onCompletion(Server $server){
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/network/CompressBatchedTask.php b/src/pocketmine/network/CompressBatchedTask.php
index 9ddd7baae..86b784d31 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/network/CompressBatchedTask.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/network/CompressBatchedTask.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CompressBatchedTask extends AsyncTask{
 		$batch->setCompressionLevel($this->level);
 		$batch->encode();
 
-		$this->setResult($batch->buffer, false);
+		$this->setResult($batch->buffer);
 	}
 
 	public function onCompletion(Server $server){
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/scheduler/AsyncTask.php b/src/pocketmine/scheduler/AsyncTask.php
index c9fbbeb9d..9945ea917 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/scheduler/AsyncTask.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/scheduler/AsyncTask.php
@@ -107,11 +107,9 @@ abstract class AsyncTask extends Collectable{
 
 	/**
 	 * @param mixed $result
-	 * @param bool  $serialize
 	 */
-	public function setResult($result, bool $serialize = true){
-		$this->result = $serialize ? serialize($result) : $result;
-		$this->serialized = $serialize;
+	public function setResult($result){
+		$this->result = ($this->serialized = !is_scalar($result)) ? serialize($result) : $result;
 	}
 
 	public function setTaskId(int $taskId){
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/updater/UpdateCheckTask.php b/src/pocketmine/updater/UpdateCheckTask.php
index e71b8f2c8..0ce465a68 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/updater/UpdateCheckTask.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/updater/UpdateCheckTask.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class UpdateCheckTask extends AsyncTask{
 					isset($response["download_url"])
 				){
 					$response["details_url"] = $response["details_url"] ?? null;
-					$this->setResult($response, true);
+					$this->setResult($response);
 				}elseif(isset($response["error"])){
 					$this->error = $response["error"];
 				}else{