diff --git a/include/haproxy/connection.h b/include/haproxy/connection.h
index 8934bb62c..6ca737c0d 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/connection.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/connection.h
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static inline void conn_set_mark(const struct connection *conn, int mark)
 	if (!conn || !conn_ctrl_ready(conn) || (conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS))
 		return;
 
-	sock_set_mark(conn->handle.fd, mark);
+	sock_set_mark(conn->handle.fd, conn->ctrl->fam->sock_family, mark);
 }
 
 /* Sets adjust the TCP quick-ack feature on the connection's socket. The
diff --git a/include/haproxy/sock.h b/include/haproxy/sock.h
index 4f628e8a9..b8bd731b0 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/sock.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/sock.h
@@ -70,15 +70,19 @@ static inline void sock_set_tos(int fd, struct sockaddr_storage *addr, int tos)
 }
 
 /* Sets mark sockopt on socket */
-static inline void sock_set_mark(int fd, int mark)
+static inline void sock_set_mark(int fd, sa_family_t sock_family, int mark)
 {
+	if ((sock_family == AF_INET) || (sock_family == AF_INET6)) {
 #if defined(SO_MARK)
-	setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_MARK, &mark, sizeof(mark));
+		setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_MARK, &mark, sizeof(mark));
+/* FreeBSD */
 #elif defined(SO_USER_COOKIE)
-	setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_USER_COOKIE, &mark, sizeof(mark));
+		setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_USER_COOKIE, &mark, sizeof(mark));
+/* OpenBSD */
 #elif defined(SO_RTABLE)
-	setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RTABLE, &mark, sizeof(mark));
+		setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RTABLE, &mark, sizeof(mark));
 #endif
+	}
 }
 
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_SOCK_H */
diff --git a/src/sock.c b/src/sock.c
index 80cddcd63..215fddb51 100644
--- a/src/sock.c
+++ b/src/sock.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ int sock_create_server_socket(struct connection *conn)
 	if (sock_fd == -1)
 		goto end;
 	if (conn->flags & CO_FL_OPT_MARK)
-		sock_set_mark(sock_fd, conn->mark);
+		sock_set_mark(sock_fd, conn->ctrl->fam->sock_family, conn->mark);
 	if (conn->flags & CO_FL_OPT_TOS)
 		sock_set_tos(sock_fd, conn->dst, conn->tos);