diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index ef078add2..397c4781f 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ static inline void conn_stop_polling(struct connection *c)
 	c->flags &= ~(CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA | CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA |
 		      CO_FL_SOCK_RD_ENA | CO_FL_SOCK_WR_ENA |
 		      CO_FL_DATA_RD_ENA | CO_FL_DATA_WR_ENA);
-	fd_stop_both(c->t.sock.fd);
+	if (conn_ctrl_ready(c))
+		fd_stop_both(c->t.sock.fd);
 }
 
 /* Automatically update polling on connection <c> depending on the DATA and
diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index 26f7a4c15..a5d80a3b0 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ static int sess_update_st_con_tcp(struct stream *s)
 	struct stream_interface *si = &s->si[1];
 	struct channel *req = &s->req;
 	struct channel *rep = &s->res;
+	struct connection *srv_conn = __objt_conn(si->end);
 
 	/* If we got an error, or if nothing happened and the connection timed
 	 * out, we must give up. The CER state handler will take care of retry
@@ -579,8 +580,7 @@ static int sess_update_st_con_tcp(struct stream *s)
 		si->exp   = TICK_ETERNITY;
 		si->state = SI_ST_CER;
 
-		si_release_endpoint(si);
-		s->flags &= ~SF_ADDR_SET;
+		conn_force_close(srv_conn);
 
 		if (si->err_type)
 			return 0;