diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 5f1f0bb53..f34d0e311 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int inv)
 		if (curproxy->cap & PR_CAP_FE) {
 			curproxy->maxconn = defproxy.maxconn;
 			curproxy->backlog = defproxy.backlog;
+			curproxy->fe_maxsps = defproxy.fe_maxsps;
 
 			/* initialize error relocations */
 			for (rc = 0; rc < HTTP_ERR_SIZE; rc++) {