diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/streams.py b/Lib/asyncio/streams.py
index 9a169035de8865..c1d02ad9c1ac60 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/streams.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/streams.py
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ def __init__(self, stream_reader, client_connected_cb=None, loop=None):
             self._strong_reader = stream_reader
         self._reject_connection = False
         self._stream_writer = None
+        self._task = None
         self._transport = None
         self._client_connected_cb = client_connected_cb
         self._over_ssl = False
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ def connection_made(self, transport):
             res = self._client_connected_cb(reader,
                                             self._stream_writer)
             if coroutines.iscoroutine(res):
-                self._loop.create_task(res)
+                self._task = self._loop.create_task(res)
             self._strong_reader = None
 
     def connection_lost(self, exc):
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index daa01c1a0f1dbb..4ae0a8cbf06b8e 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1987,6 +1987,7 @@ Gordon Worley
 Darren Worrall
 Thomas Wouters
 Daniel Wozniak
+Simon Wrede
 Marcin Niemira
 Wei Wu
 Heiko Wundram
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-09-17-57-53.bpo-46309.BaLgD1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-09-17-57-53.bpo-46309.BaLgD1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b22a2c91144066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-09-17-57-53.bpo-46309.BaLgD1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added reference to task created in
+:meth:`asyncio.streams.StreamReaderProtocol.connection_made`.