diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 67870b8dd..c80c98700 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -4276,7 +4276,8 @@ int srv_init_addr(void)
 			goto srv_init_addr_next;
 
 		for (srv = curproxy->srv; srv; srv = srv->next)
-			return_code |= srv_iterate_initaddr(srv);
+			if (srv->hostname)
+				return_code |= srv_iterate_initaddr(srv);
 
  srv_init_addr_next:
 		curproxy = curproxy->next;