diff --git a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
index f15c0ec13..eaeb06c2f 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ struct proxy {
 	int conn_retries;			/* maximum number of connect retries */
 	unsigned int retry_type;                /* Type of retry allowed */
 	int redispatch_after;			/* number of retries before redispatch */
-	unsigned down_trans;			/* up-down transitions */
 	unsigned down_time;			/* total time the proxy was down */
 	time_t last_change;			/* last time, when the state was changed */
 	int (*accept)(struct stream *s);       /* application layer's accept() */
diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index aaee78686..57b9ee34f 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ void back_handle_st_rdy(struct stream *s)
 void set_backend_down(struct proxy *be)
 {
 	be->last_change = ns_to_sec(now_ns);
-	_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&be->down_trans);
+	_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&be->be_counters.down_trans);
 
 	if (!(global.mode & MODE_STARTING)) {
 		ha_alert("%s '%s' has no server available!\n", proxy_type_str(be), be->id);
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index df87c45b1..959dc3593 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ int stats_fill_be_stats(struct proxy *px, int flags, struct field *stats, int le
 				metric = mkf_u32(0, px->srv_bck);
 				break;
 			case ST_F_CHKDOWN:
-				metric = mkf_u64(FN_COUNTER, px->down_trans);
+				metric = mkf_u64(FN_COUNTER, px->be_counters.down_trans);
 				break;
 			case ST_F_LASTCHG:
 				metric = mkf_u32(FN_AGE, ns_to_sec(now_ns) - px->last_change);