diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 3c0ea8b4e..00537f094 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1734,6 +1734,8 @@ int backend_parse_balance(const char **args, char **err, struct proxy *curproxy)
 		curproxy->lbprm.algo |= BE_LB_ALGO_UH;
 
 		curproxy->uri_whole = 0;
+		curproxy->uri_len_limit = 0;
+		curproxy->uri_dirs_depth1 = 0;
 
 		while (*args[arg]) {
 			if (!strcmp(args[arg], "len")) {
diff --git a/src/cfgparse-listen.c b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
index aa2d8608f..8d2c176a8 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-listen.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
@@ -469,7 +469,10 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 
 			if (defproxy.url_param_name)
 				curproxy->url_param_name = strdup(defproxy.url_param_name);
-			curproxy->url_param_len = defproxy.url_param_len;
+			curproxy->url_param_len   = defproxy.url_param_len;
+			curproxy->uri_whole       = defproxy.uri_whole;
+			curproxy->uri_len_limit   = defproxy.uri_len_limit;
+			curproxy->uri_dirs_depth1 = defproxy.uri_dirs_depth1;
 
 			if (defproxy.hh_name)
 				curproxy->hh_name = strdup(defproxy.hh_name);