diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index f7ed26f30..4fa41a71d 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -2068,6 +2068,7 @@ struct task *process_stream(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned short state)
 				si_b->state = SI_ST_REQ; /* new connection requested */
 				si_b->conn_retries = s->be->conn_retries;
 				if ((s->be->retry_type &~ PR_RE_CONN_FAILED) &&
+				    (s->be->mode == PR_MODE_HTTP) &&
 				    !(si_b->flags & SI_FL_D_L7_RETRY))
 					si_b->flags |= SI_FL_L7_RETRY;
 			}