diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
index 1479c4efd..ffdd0b15a 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ struct show_stat_ctx {
 	int iid, type, sid;	/* proxy id, type and service id if bounding of stats is enabled */
 	int st_code;		/* the status code returned by an action */
 	struct buffer chunk;    /* temporary buffer which holds a single-line output */
+	struct watcher px_watch;  /* watcher to automatically update obj1 on backend deletion */
 	struct watcher srv_watch; /* watcher to automatically update obj2 on server deletion */
 	enum stat_state state;  /* phase of output production */
 };
diff --git a/src/http_ana.c b/src/http_ana.c
index f004e41d9..fa061b698 100644
--- a/src/http_ana.c
+++ b/src/http_ana.c
@@ -4089,6 +4089,8 @@ static int http_handle_stats(struct stream *s, struct channel *req, struct proxy
 	ctx->flags |= STAT_F_FMT_HTML; /* assume HTML mode by default */
 	if ((msg->flags & HTTP_MSGF_VER_11) && (txn->meth != HTTP_METH_HEAD))
 		ctx->flags |= STAT_F_CHUNKED;
+
+	watcher_init(&ctx->px_watch,  &ctx->obj1, offsetof(struct proxy, watcher_list));
 	watcher_init(&ctx->srv_watch, &ctx->obj2, offsetof(struct server, watcher_list));
 
 	htx = htxbuf(&req->buf);
diff --git a/src/stats-html.c b/src/stats-html.c
index 79ffc9731..cd9e37e9a 100644
--- a/src/stats-html.c
+++ b/src/stats-html.c
@@ -2116,6 +2116,8 @@ static size_t http_stats_fastfwd(struct appctx *appctx, struct buffer *buf,
 static void http_stats_release(struct appctx *appctx)
 {
 	struct show_stat_ctx *ctx = appctx->svcctx;
+	if (ctx->domain == STATS_DOMAIN_PROXY && ctx->obj1)
+		watcher_detach(&ctx->px_watch);
 	if (ctx->px_st == STAT_PX_ST_SV && ctx->obj2)
 		watcher_detach(&ctx->srv_watch);
 }
diff --git a/src/stats-proxy.c b/src/stats-proxy.c
index 278a4bf9c..5b6a70628 100644
--- a/src/stats-proxy.c
+++ b/src/stats-proxy.c
@@ -1616,11 +1616,13 @@ int stats_dump_proxies(struct stconn *sc, struct buffer *buf, struct htx *htx)
 	struct proxy *px;
 
 	/* dump proxies */
-	while (ctx->obj1) {
+	/* obj1 is updated and returned through watcher_next() */
+	for (px = ctx->obj1; px;
+	     px = watcher_next(&ctx->px_watch, px->next)) {
+
 		if (stats_is_full(appctx, buf, htx))
 			goto full;
 
-		px = ctx->obj1;
 		/* Skip the global frontend proxies and non-networked ones.
 		 * Also skip proxies that were disabled in the configuration
 		 * This change allows retrieving stats from "old" proxies after a reload.
@@ -1631,7 +1633,6 @@ int stats_dump_proxies(struct stconn *sc, struct buffer *buf, struct htx *htx)
 				return 0;
 		}
 
-		ctx->obj1 = px->next;
 		ctx->px_st = STAT_PX_ST_INIT;
 		ctx->field = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index b4f29696e..4ce6d5e95 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -590,12 +590,13 @@ int stats_dump_stat_to_buffer(struct stconn *sc, struct buffer *buf, struct htx
 				goto full;
 		}
 
-		if (domain == STATS_DOMAIN_PROXY)
-			ctx->obj1 = proxies_list;
-
 		ctx->px_st = STAT_PX_ST_INIT;
 		ctx->field = 0;
 		ctx->state = STAT_STATE_LIST;
+		/* Update ctx->obj1 via watcher to point on the first proxy. */
+		if (domain == STATS_DOMAIN_PROXY)
+			watcher_attach(&ctx->px_watch, proxies_list);
+
 		__fallthrough;
 
 	case STAT_STATE_LIST:
@@ -944,6 +945,8 @@ static int cli_parse_show_stat(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx
 	ctx->scope_len = 0;
 	ctx->http_px = NULL; // not under http context
 	ctx->flags = STAT_F_SHNODE | STAT_F_SHDESC;
+
+	watcher_init(&ctx->px_watch,  &ctx->obj1, offsetof(struct proxy, watcher_list));
 	watcher_init(&ctx->srv_watch, &ctx->obj2, offsetof(struct server, watcher_list));
 
 	if ((strm_li(appctx_strm(appctx))->bind_conf->level & ACCESS_LVL_MASK) >= ACCESS_LVL_OPER)
@@ -1028,8 +1031,12 @@ static int cli_io_handler_dump_stat(struct appctx *appctx)
 static void cli_io_handler_release_stat(struct appctx *appctx)
 {
 	struct show_stat_ctx *ctx = appctx->svcctx;
-	if (ctx->px_st == STAT_PX_ST_SV && ctx->obj2)
-		watcher_detach(&ctx->srv_watch);
+
+	if (ctx->state == STAT_STATE_LIST && ctx->domain == STATS_DOMAIN_PROXY) {
+		watcher_detach(&ctx->px_watch);
+		if (ctx->px_st == STAT_PX_ST_SV)
+			watcher_detach(&ctx->srv_watch);
+	}
 }
 
 static int cli_io_handler_dump_json_schema(struct appctx *appctx)
@@ -1089,8 +1096,12 @@ static int cli_io_handler_dump_stat_file(struct appctx *appctx)
 static void cli_io_handler_release_dump_stat_file(struct appctx *appctx)
 {
 	struct show_stat_ctx *ctx = appctx->svcctx;
-	if (ctx->px_st == STAT_PX_ST_SV && ctx->obj2)
-		watcher_detach(&ctx->srv_watch);
+
+	if (ctx->state == STAT_STATE_LIST && ctx->domain == STATS_DOMAIN_PROXY) {
+		watcher_detach(&ctx->px_watch);
+		if (ctx->px_st == STAT_PX_ST_SV)
+			watcher_detach(&ctx->srv_watch);
+	}
 }
 
 int stats_allocate_proxy_counters_internal(struct extra_counters **counters,