diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 35f86ef1d..f77d7bc48 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -2886,6 +2886,7 @@ int http_process_request(struct stream *s, struct channel *req, int an_bit)
 			if (http_parse_reqline(&txn->req, HTTP_MSG_RQMETH,  cur_ptr, cur_end + 1, NULL, NULL) == NULL)
 				goto return_bad_req;
 		}
+		conn->target = &s->be->obj_type;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/proto_htx.c b/src/proto_htx.c
index 59b0ff975..620f81b75 100644
--- a/src/proto_htx.c
+++ b/src/proto_htx.c
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ int htx_process_request(struct stream *s, struct channel *req, int an_bit)
 		 * insignificant.
 		 */
 		istcpy(&uri, (path.len ? path : ist("/")), uri.len);
+		conn->target = &s->be->obj_type;
 	}
 
 	/*