diff --git a/src/quic_conn.c b/src/quic_conn.c
index c205c351e..15a8d945b 100644
--- a/src/quic_conn.c
+++ b/src/quic_conn.c
@@ -5480,6 +5480,7 @@ static struct quic_conn *qc_new_conn(const struct quic_version *qv, int ipv4,
 	qc->conn = NULL;
 	qc->qcc = NULL;
 	qc->app_ops = NULL;
+	qc->path = NULL;
 
 	/* Keyupdate: required to safely call quic_tls_ku_free() from
 	 * quic_conn_release().
@@ -5652,7 +5653,11 @@ static inline void quic_conn_prx_cntrs_update(struct quic_conn *qc)
 	HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&qc->prx_counters->sendto_err, qc->cntrs.sendto_err);
 	HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&qc->prx_counters->sendto_err_unknown, qc->cntrs.sendto_err_unknown);
 	HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&qc->prx_counters->sent_pkt, qc->cntrs.sent_pkt);
-	HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&qc->prx_counters->lost_pkt, qc->path->loss.nb_lost_pkt);
+	/* It is possible that ->path was not initialized. For instance if a
+	 * QUIC connection allocation has failed.
+	 */
+	if (qc->path)
+		HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&qc->prx_counters->lost_pkt, qc->path->loss.nb_lost_pkt);
 	HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&qc->prx_counters->conn_migration_done, qc->cntrs.conn_migration_done);
 	/* Stream related counters */
 	HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&qc->prx_counters->data_blocked, qc->cntrs.data_blocked);