diff --git a/include/haproxy/listener-t.h b/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
index cb30af1c8..97ef5dde4 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
@@ -180,11 +180,13 @@ struct bind_conf {
 	char *arg;                 /* argument passed to "bind" for better error reporting */
 	char *file;                /* file where the section appears */
 	int line;                  /* line where the section appears */
-	struct {                   /* UNIX socket permissions */
-		uid_t uid;         /* -1 to leave unchanged */
-		gid_t gid;         /* -1 to leave unchanged */
-		mode_t mode;       /* 0 to leave unchanged */
-	} ux;
+	struct {
+		struct {                   /* UNIX socket permissions */
+			uid_t uid;         /* -1 to leave unchanged */
+			gid_t gid;         /* -1 to leave unchanged */
+			mode_t mode;       /* 0 to leave unchanged */
+		} ux;
+	} settings;                /* all the settings needed for the listening socket */
 };
 
 /* The listener will be directly referenced by the fdtab[] which holds its
diff --git a/include/haproxy/listener.h b/include/haproxy/listener.h
index 9715f89ae..2f7231e63 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/listener.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/listener.h
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ static inline struct bind_conf *bind_conf_alloc(struct proxy *fe, const char *fi
 	if (arg)
 		bind_conf->arg = strdup(arg);
 
-	bind_conf->ux.uid = -1;
-	bind_conf->ux.gid = -1;
-	bind_conf->ux.mode = 0;
+	bind_conf->settings.ux.uid = -1;
+	bind_conf->settings.ux.gid = -1;
+	bind_conf->settings.ux.mode = 0;
 	bind_conf->xprt = xprt;
 	bind_conf->frontend = fe;
 	bind_conf->severity_output = CLI_SEVERITY_NONE;
diff --git a/src/cfgparse-listen.c b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
index ac23bf65d..82e8cf989 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-listen.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
@@ -565,9 +565,9 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		bind_conf = bind_conf_alloc(curproxy, file, linenum, args[1], xprt_get(XPRT_RAW));
 
 		/* use default settings for unix sockets */
-		bind_conf->ux.uid  = global.unix_bind.ux.uid;
-		bind_conf->ux.gid  = global.unix_bind.ux.gid;
-		bind_conf->ux.mode = global.unix_bind.ux.mode;
+		bind_conf->settings.ux.uid  = global.unix_bind.ux.uid;
+		bind_conf->settings.ux.gid  = global.unix_bind.ux.gid;
+		bind_conf->settings.ux.mode = global.unix_bind.ux.mode;
 
 		/* NOTE: the following line might create several listeners if there
 		 * are comma-separated IPs or port ranges. So all further processing
diff --git a/src/cfgparse-unix.c b/src/cfgparse-unix.c
index b1631c901..2e7e8232e 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-unix.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-unix.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int bind_parse_mode(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px, struct bi
 {
 	char *endptr;
 
-	conf->ux.mode = strtol(args[cur_arg + 1], &endptr, 8);
+	conf->settings.ux.mode = strtol(args[cur_arg + 1], &endptr, 8);
 
 	if (!*args[cur_arg + 1] || *endptr) {
 		memprintf(err, "'%s' : missing or invalid mode '%s' (octal integer expected)", args[cur_arg], args[cur_arg + 1]);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int bind_parse_gid(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px, struct bin
 		return ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 	}
 
-	conf->ux.gid = atol(args[cur_arg + 1]);
+	conf->settings.ux.gid = atol(args[cur_arg + 1]);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int bind_parse_group(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px, struct b
 		return ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 	}
 
-	conf->ux.gid = group->gr_gid;
+	conf->settings.ux.gid = group->gr_gid;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int bind_parse_uid(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px, struct bin
 		return ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 	}
 
-	conf->ux.uid = atol(args[cur_arg + 1]);
+	conf->settings.ux.uid = atol(args[cur_arg + 1]);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int bind_parse_user(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px, struct bi
 		return ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 	}
 
-	conf->ux.uid = user->pw_uid;
+	conf->settings.ux.uid = user->pw_uid;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/proto_uxst.c b/src/proto_uxst.c
index 07e83e29c..8be2219f2 100644
--- a/src/proto_uxst.c
+++ b/src/proto_uxst.c
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ static int uxst_bind_listener(struct listener *listener, char *errmsg, int errle
 	 * where it works. We also don't change permissions on abstract sockets.
 	 */
 	if (!ext && path[0] &&
-	    (((listener->bind_conf->ux.uid != -1 || listener->bind_conf->ux.gid != -1) &&
-	      (chown(tempname, listener->bind_conf->ux.uid, listener->bind_conf->ux.gid) == -1)) ||
-	     (listener->bind_conf->ux.mode != 0 && chmod(tempname, listener->bind_conf->ux.mode) == -1))) {
+	    (((listener->bind_conf->settings.ux.uid != -1 || listener->bind_conf->settings.ux.gid != -1) &&
+	      (chown(tempname, listener->bind_conf->settings.ux.uid, listener->bind_conf->settings.ux.gid) == -1)) ||
+	     (listener->bind_conf->settings.ux.mode != 0 && chmod(tempname, listener->bind_conf->settings.ux.mode) == -1))) {
 		err |= ERR_FATAL | ERR_ALERT;
 		msg = "cannot change UNIX socket ownership";
 		goto err_unlink_temp;