diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 344123115..3880549b8 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -4279,14 +4279,6 @@ init_proxies_list_stage2:
 			/* enable separate counters */
 			if (curproxy->options2 & PR_O2_SOCKSTAT) {
 				listener->counters = calloc(1, sizeof(*listener->counters));
-				if (listener->counters) {
-					if (!counters_fe_shared_prepare(&listener->counters->shared, &listener->guid)) {
-						ha_free(&listener->counters);
-						ha_alert("config: %s '%s': out of memory.\n",
-							 proxy_type_str(curproxy), curproxy->id);
-					}
-
-				}
 				if (!listener->name)
 					memprintf(&listener->name, "sock-%d", listener->luid);
 			}
diff --git a/src/proxy.c b/src/proxy.c
index 2bcd87f6f..028d2ac14 100644
--- a/src/proxy.c
+++ b/src/proxy.c
@@ -1748,6 +1748,7 @@ struct proxy *alloc_new_proxy(const char *name, unsigned int cap, char **errmsg)
 /* post-check for proxies */
 static int proxy_postcheck(struct proxy *px)
 {
+	struct listener *listener;
 	int err_code = ERR_NONE;
 
 	/* allocate private memory for shared counters: used as a fallback
@@ -1777,6 +1778,17 @@ static int proxy_postcheck(struct proxy *px)
 
 	}
 
+	list_for_each_entry(listener, &px->conf.listeners, by_fe) {
+		if (listener->counters) {
+			if (!counters_fe_shared_prepare(&listener->counters->shared, &listener->guid)) {
+				ha_free(&listener->counters);
+				ha_alert("out of memory while setting up shared listener counters for %s %s\n",
+				         proxy_type_str(px), px->id);
+				err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
  out:
 	return err_code;