diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
index 0d80eb6c5..0edcdcba3 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ async function processVideoTranscoding (job: Job) {
 
   if (!handler) {
     await moveToFailedTranscodingState(video)
+    await VideoJobInfoModel.decrease(video.uuid, 'pendingTranscode')
 
     throw new Error('Cannot find transcoding handler for ' + payload.type)
   }
@@ -62,12 +63,20 @@ async function processVideoTranscoding (job: Job) {
   } catch (error) {
     await moveToFailedTranscodingState(video)
 
+    await VideoJobInfoModel.decrease(video.uuid, 'pendingTranscode')
+
     throw error
   }
 
   return video
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  processVideoTranscoding
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Job handlers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ async function handleWebTorrentMergeAudioJob (job: Job, payload: MergeAudioTrans
 
   logger.info('Merge audio transcoding job for %s ended.', video.uuid, lTags(video.uuid))
 
-  await onVideoFileOptimizer(video, payload, 'video', user)
+  await onVideoFirstWebTorrentTranscoding(video, payload, 'video', user)
 }
 
 async function handleWebTorrentOptimizeJob (job: Job, payload: OptimizeTranscodingPayload, video: MVideoFullLight, user: MUserId) {
@@ -129,7 +138,7 @@ async function handleWebTorrentOptimizeJob (job: Job, payload: OptimizeTranscodi
 
   logger.info('Optimize transcoding job for %s ended.', video.uuid, lTags(video.uuid))
 
-  await onVideoFileOptimizer(video, payload, transcodeType, user)
+  await onVideoFirstWebTorrentTranscoding(video, payload, transcodeType, user)
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -159,7 +168,7 @@ async function onHlsPlaylistGeneration (video: MVideoFullLight, user: MUser, pay
   await retryTransactionWrapper(moveToNextState, video, payload.isNewVideo)
 }
 
-async function onVideoFileOptimizer (
+async function onVideoFirstWebTorrentTranscoding (
   videoArg: MVideoWithFile,
   payload: OptimizeTranscodingPayload | MergeAudioTranscodingPayload,
   transcodeType: TranscodeOptionsType,
@@ -211,6 +220,8 @@ async function onNewWebTorrentFileResolution (
   await retryTransactionWrapper(moveToNextState, video, payload.isNewVideo)
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 async function createHlsJobIfEnabled (user: MUserId, payload: {
   videoUUID: string
   resolution: number
@@ -241,16 +252,6 @@ async function createHlsJobIfEnabled (user: MUserId, payload: {
   return true
 }
 
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-export {
-  processVideoTranscoding,
-  createHlsJobIfEnabled,
-  onNewWebTorrentFileResolution
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 async function createLowerResolutionsJobs (options: {
   video: MVideoFullLight
   user: MUserId
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-job-info.ts b/server/models/video/video-job-info.ts
index cb1f3f2f0..7da5128d7 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-job-info.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-job-info.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { AllowNull, BelongsTo, Column, CreatedAt, Default, ForeignKey, IsInt, Mo
 import { AttributesOnly } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import { VideoModel } from './video'
 
+export type VideoJobInfoColumnType = 'pendingMove' | 'pendingTranscode'
+
 @Table({
   tableName: 'videoJobInfo',
   indexes: [
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ export class VideoJobInfoModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoJobInfo
     return VideoJobInfoModel.findOne({ where, transaction })
   }
 
-  static async increaseOrCreate (videoUUID: string, column: 'pendingMove' | 'pendingTranscode'): Promise<number> {
+  static async increaseOrCreate (videoUUID: string, column: VideoJobInfoColumnType): Promise<number> {
     const options = { type: QueryTypes.SELECT as QueryTypes.SELECT, bind: { videoUUID } }
 
     const [ { pendingMove } ] = await VideoJobInfoModel.sequelize.query<{ pendingMove: number }>(`
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ export class VideoJobInfoModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoJobInfo
     return pendingMove
   }
 
-  static async decrease (videoUUID: string, column: 'pendingMove' | 'pendingTranscode'): Promise<number> {
+  static async decrease (videoUUID: string, column: VideoJobInfoColumnType): Promise<number> {
     const options = { type: QueryTypes.SELECT as QueryTypes.SELECT, bind: { videoUUID } }
 
     const [ { pendingMove } ] = await VideoJobInfoModel.sequelize.query<{ pendingMove: number }>(`