Persist OneToOne relation with SpringData JPA

I have the next two entities with a OneToOne relation between them:

@Entity
@Table(name = "tasks")
public class Task {
    @OneToOne(mappedBy = "task", cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
    private Tracker tracker;

    /* More code */
}

@Entity
@Table(name = "trackers")
public class Tracker {
    @OneToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "trk_task", unique = true)
    private Task task;

    /* More code */
}

I'm trying to run this code:

Task task = taskService.findDispatchableTask();
if (task != null) {
    Tracker tracker = trackerService.findIdleTracker();
    if (tracker != null) {
        task.setTracker(tracker);
        task.setStatus(TaskStatus.DISPATCHED);
        taskService.save(task);
    }
}

But I get this error:

ERROR org.hibernate.AssertionFailure  - an assertion failure occured (this may indicate a bug in Hibernate, but is more likely due to unsafe use of the session) 
org.hibernate.AssertionFailure: non-transient entity has a null id

I can "solve" it changing my code to:

Task task = taskService.findDispatchableTask();
if (task != null) {
    Tracker tracker = trackerService.findIdleTracker();
    if (tracker != null) {
        tracker.setTask(task);
        trackerService.save(tracker);
        task.setTracker(tracker);
        task.setStatus(TaskStatus.DISPATCHED);
        taskService.save(task);
    }
}

My question is, Which is the proper way to persist a OneToOne relation? In my code, Why do I have save both parts of the relation to make it work?