diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 0ecf42a21..31fb7fe5c 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -2214,6 +2214,13 @@ static void init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* worker, daemon, foreground mode reads the rest of the config */
 	if (!(global.mode & MODE_MWORKER)) {
+		/* nbthread and *thread keywords parsers are sensible to global
+		 * section position, it should be placed as the first in
+		 * the configuration, if these keywords are inside. So, let's
+		 * reset non_global_section_parsed counter for the second
+		 * configuration reading
+		 */
+		non_global_section_parsed = 0;
 		if (read_cfg(progname) < 0) {
 			list_for_each_entry_safe(cfg, cfg_tmp, &cfg_cfgfiles, list) {
 				ha_free(&cfg->content);