diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 80d503086..896d11693 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -952,6 +952,12 @@ void init(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 #endif
 
+	/* Apply server states */
+	apply_server_state();
+
+	for (px = proxy; px; px = px->next)
+		srv_compute_all_admin_states(px);
+
 	if (global.mode & MODE_CHECK) {
 		struct peers *pr;
 		struct proxy *px;
@@ -973,12 +979,6 @@ void init(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
-	/* Apply server states */
-	apply_server_state();
-
-	for (px = proxy; px; px = px->next)
-		srv_compute_all_admin_states(px);
-
 	global_listener_queue_task = task_new();
 	if (!global_listener_queue_task) {
 		Alert("Out of memory when initializing global task\n");