diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index c0795c0a5..58862c5a1 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -2027,6 +2027,9 @@ void srv_shutdown_streams(struct server *srv, int why)
 		MT_LIST_FOR_EACH_ENTRY_LOCKED(stream, &srv->per_thr[thr].streams, by_srv, back)
 			if (stream->srv_conn == srv)
 				stream_shutdown(stream, why);
+
+	/* also kill the possibly pending streams in the queue */
+	pendconn_redistribute(srv);
 }
 
 /* Shutdown all connections of all backup servers of a proxy. The caller must