diff --git a/src/jsc/event_loop.zig b/src/jsc/event_loop.zig
index f43114231e56..c8076ee67c32 100644
--- a/src/jsc/event_loop.zig
+++ b/src/jsc/event_loop.zig
@@ -643,6 +643,16 @@ pub fn enqueueTaskConcurrent(this: *EventLoop, task: *ConcurrentTask) void {
         if (this.virtual_machine.has_terminated) {
             @panic("EventLoop.enqueueTaskConcurrent: VM has terminated");
         }
+        // A freshly-constructed ConcurrentTask must have `.next` set to `.none` or
+        // `.auto_delete` (pointer bits zero) before being pushed. `pushBatch` calls
+        // `PackedNextPtr.setPtr` which *preserves* the low `auto_delete` bit, so if
+        // `.next` was left undefined the preserved bit is garbage and the event loop
+        // may call `bun.destroy` on an embedded (interior-pointer) ConcurrentTask.
+        // Test the raw bits directly rather than calling `getPtr()` — `@ptrFromInt`
+        // on a misaligned address (e.g. 0xAA..AA) would trip Zig's alignment safety
+        // check and panic before this diagnostic ever prints.
+        const next_bits = @intFromEnum(task.next);
+        bun.assertf((next_bits & ~@as(usize, 1)) == 0, "ConcurrentTask.next must be initialized (use ConcurrentTask.from or struct init) before enqueueTaskConcurrent; got 0x{x:0>16}", .{next_bits});
     }
 
     if (comptime Environment.isDebug) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/node/node_fs_watcher.zig b/src/runtime/node/node_fs_watcher.zig
index d62a412625d1..d15d6625ba3d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/node/node_fs_watcher.zig
+++ b/src/runtime/node/node_fs_watcher.zig
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ pub const FSWatcher = struct {
             if (this.ctx.refTask()) {
                 var that = FSWatchTask.new(this.*);
                 this.count = 0;
-                that.concurrent_task.task = jsc.Task.init(that);
-                this.ctx.enqueueTaskConcurrent(&that.concurrent_task);
+                this.ctx.enqueueTaskConcurrent(that.concurrent_task.from(that, .manual_deinit));
                 return;
             }
             // closed or detached so just cleanEntries
diff --git a/test/js/node/watch/fs.watch.concurrent-task.test.ts b/test/js/node/watch/fs.watch.concurrent-task.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..178becc2d85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/node/watch/fs.watch.concurrent-task.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Regression test for FSWatchTaskPosix.enqueue() leaving `concurrent_task.next`
+// undefined. `PackedNextPtr.setPtr` preserves the low `auto_delete` bit, so when
+// `.next` is undefined the preserved bit is garbage; if it reads as 1 the event
+// loop calls `bun.destroy` on the *embedded* ConcurrentTask (an interior pointer)
+// and corrupts the heap.
+//
+// The fix uses `ConcurrentTask.from(that, .manual_deinit)` which fully initializes
+// both `.task` and `.next`. A debug assertion in `enqueueTaskConcurrent` verifies
+// the pointer bits of `.next` are zero before push, which fires on any regression
+// of this pattern (Zig's debug `undefined` = 0xAA..AA → non-zero pointer bits).
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, isWindows, tempDir } from "harness";
+
+// FSWatchTaskPosix is the POSIX-only code path.
+test.skipIf(isWindows)(
+  "fs.watch: FSWatchTask enqueue fully initializes ConcurrentTask",
+  async () => {
+    using dir = tempDir("fswatch-concurrent-task", {
+      "a.txt": "a",
+      "b.txt": "b",
+      "c.txt": "c",
+      "d.txt": "d",
+    });
+
+    // The regression signal here is the debug assertion / no heap corruption in
+    // FSWatchTask.enqueue(), not event-delivery count. On macOS, directory watches
+    // route through FSEvents which has ~50ms coalescing latency and async stream
+    // registration, so we wait for the first event before counting stress rounds
+    // rather than assuming a fixed number of setImmediate turns is "enough time".
+    const fixture = /* js */ `
+    const fs = require("fs");
+    const path = require("path");
+    const dir = ${JSON.stringify(String(dir))};
+
+    let received = 0;
+    const watchers = [];
+    // Many watchers → many FSWatchTask.enqueue() calls per batch of fs events.
+    for (let i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+      watchers.push(fs.watch(dir, () => { received++; }));
+    }
+
+    function done() {
+      for (const w of watchers) w.close();
+      // Allow any in-flight watcher-thread tasks to drain.
+      setImmediate(() => {
+        console.log("OK " + received);
+        process.exit(0);
+      });
+    }
+
+    const files = ["a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt", "d.txt"];
+    function write() {
+      for (const f of files) fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, f), "v" + received);
+    }
+
+    // Phase 1: write until the first event arrives (condition, not time).
+    const started = Date.now();
+    (async () => {
+      while (received === 0) {
+        write();
+        await new Promise(r => setImmediate(r));
+        // Give up after a generous bound; the regression signal is the
+        // assertion / no heap corruption, not delivery count, so still pass.
+        if (Date.now() - started > 10_000) return done();
+      }
+      // Phase 2: now that enqueue() is known to be firing, stress it.
+      for (let round = 0; round < 50; round++) {
+        write();
+        await new Promise(r => setImmediate(r));
+      }
+      done();
+    })();
+  `;
+
+    await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", fixture],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+
+    const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+    expect(stderr).toBe("");
+    expect(stdout).toStartWith("OK ");
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  },
+  30_000,
+);