diff --git a/include/types/backend.h b/include/types/backend.h
index e67f0be54..ea38ed2c2 100644
--- a/include/types/backend.h
+++ b/include/types/backend.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ struct lbprm {
 	int tot_used;			/* total number of servers used for LB */
 	int wmult;			/* ratio between user weight and effective weight */
 	int wdiv;			/* ratio between effective weight and user weight */
+	int hash_balance_factor;	/* load balancing factor * 100, 0 if disabled */
 	char *arg_str;			/* name of the URL parameter/header/cookie used for hashing */
 	int   arg_len;			/* strlen(arg_str), computed only once */
 	int   arg_opt1;			/* extra option 1 for the LB algo (algo-specific) */
diff --git a/include/types/lb_chash.h b/include/types/lb_chash.h
index b711636e2..5991ce961 100644
--- a/include/types/lb_chash.h
+++ b/include/types/lb_chash.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ struct lb_chash {
 	struct eb_root act;	/* weighted chash entries of active servers */
 	struct eb_root bck;	/* weighted chash entries of backup servers */
 	struct eb32_node *last;	/* last node found in case of round robin (or NULL) */
-	int balance_factor;	/* load balancing factor * 100, 0 if disabled */
 };
 
 #endif /* _TYPES_LB_CHASH_H */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse-listen.c b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
index 7514a47ef..1af86ded4 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-listen.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 
 		if (curproxy->cap & PR_CAP_BE) {
 			curproxy->lbprm.algo = defproxy.lbprm.algo;
-			curproxy->lbprm.chash.balance_factor = defproxy.lbprm.chash.balance_factor;
+			curproxy->lbprm.hash_balance_factor = defproxy.lbprm.hash_balance_factor;
 			curproxy->fullconn = defproxy.fullconn;
 			curproxy->conn_retries = defproxy.conn_retries;
 			curproxy->redispatch_after = defproxy.redispatch_after;
@@ -3654,8 +3654,8 @@ stats_error_parsing:
 			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		curproxy->lbprm.chash.balance_factor = atol(args[1]);
-		if (curproxy->lbprm.chash.balance_factor != 0 && curproxy->lbprm.chash.balance_factor <= 100) {
+		curproxy->lbprm.hash_balance_factor = atol(args[1]);
+		if (curproxy->lbprm.hash_balance_factor != 0 && curproxy->lbprm.hash_balance_factor <= 100) {
 			ha_alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' must be 0 or greater than 100.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
 			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 			goto out;
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 7c316df05..31698b9b7 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -453,7 +453,6 @@ void init_default_instance()
 	defproxy.maxconn = cfg_maxpconn;
 	defproxy.conn_retries = CONN_RETRIES;
 	defproxy.redispatch_after = 0;
-	defproxy.lbprm.chash.balance_factor = 0;
 	defproxy.options = PR_O_REUSE_SAFE;
 	defproxy.max_out_conns = MAX_SRV_LIST;
 
diff --git a/src/lb_chash.c b/src/lb_chash.c
index 186e87a5f..a35351e96 100644
--- a/src/lb_chash.c
+++ b/src/lb_chash.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int chash_server_is_eligible(struct server *s)
 	/* The total number of slots to allocate is the total number of outstanding requests
 	 * (including the one we're about to make) times the load-balance-factor, rounded up.
 	 */
-	unsigned tot_slots = ((s->proxy->served + 1) * s->proxy->lbprm.chash.balance_factor + 99) / 100;
+	unsigned tot_slots = ((s->proxy->served + 1) * s->proxy->lbprm.hash_balance_factor + 99) / 100;
 	unsigned slots_per_weight = tot_slots / s->proxy->lbprm.tot_weight;
 	unsigned remainder = tot_slots % s->proxy->lbprm.tot_weight;
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ struct server *chash_get_server_hash(struct proxy *p, unsigned int hash, const s
 	}
 
 	loop = 0;
-	while (nsrv == avoid || (p->lbprm.chash.balance_factor && !chash_server_is_eligible(nsrv))) {
+	while (nsrv == avoid || (p->lbprm.hash_balance_factor && !chash_server_is_eligible(nsrv))) {
 		next = eb32_next(next);
 		if (!next) {
 			next = eb32_first(root);