diff --git a/reg-tests/http-messaging/http_abortonclose.vtc b/reg-tests/http-messaging/http_abortonclose.vtc
index 42f87f19f..4dc4bbe88 100644
--- a/reg-tests/http-messaging/http_abortonclose.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/http-messaging/http_abortonclose.vtc
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ feature ignore_unknown_macro
 feature cmd "$HAPROXY_PROGRAM -cc 'version_atleast(2.5-dev0)'"
 #REGTEST_TYPE=slow
 
+# b0 : Wait s1 was detected as DOWN to be sure it is stopped
 # b1 : Don't send /c4 before /c3 was received by s2 server
 # b2 : Don't finish c2 before c1 and c3 before c4 (from syslog POV)
 # b3 : finish c3 before s2
 
+barrier b0 cond 2 -cyclic
 barrier b1 cond 2 -cyclic
 barrier b2 cond 2 -cyclic
 barrier b3 cond 2 -cyclic
@@ -32,11 +34,15 @@ server s2 {
 } -start
 
 syslog S -level info {
+    recv alert
+    expect ~ "[^:\\[ ]*\\[[0-9]*\\]: Server check/srv1 is DOWN.*"
+    barrier b0 sync
+
     recv
-    expect ~ "[^:\\[ ]*\\[[0-9]*\\]: .* .* fe1 be1/srv1 [0-9]*/[0-9]*/-1/-1/[0-9]* 503 .* - - SC-- .* .* \"GET /c1 HTTP/1\\.1\""
+    expect ~ "[^:\\[ ]*\\[[0-9]*\\]: .* .* fe1 be1_1/srv1 [0-9]*/[0-9]*/-1/-1/[0-9]* 503 .* - - SC-- .* .* \"GET /c1 HTTP/1\\.1\""
     barrier b2 sync
     recv
-    expect ~ "[^:\\[ ]*\\[[0-9]*\\]: .* .* fe1 be1/srv1 [0-9]*/[0-9]*/-1/-1/[0-9]* -1 .* - - CC-- .* .* \"GET /c2 HTTP/1\\.1\""
+    expect ~ "[^:\\[ ]*\\[[0-9]*\\]: .* .* fe1 be1_2/srv1 [0-9]*/[0-9]*/-1/-1/[0-9]* -1 .* - - CC-- .* .* \"GET /c2 HTTP/1\\.1\""
 
     recv
     expect ~ "[^:\\[ ]*\\[[0-9]*\\]: .* .* fe2 be2/<NOSRV> [0-9]*/[0-9]*/-1/-1/[0-9]* -1 .* - - CQ-- .* .* \"GET /c4 HTTP/1\\.1\""
@@ -65,7 +71,8 @@ haproxy h1 -conf {
         option httplog
         log ${S_addr}:${S_port} local0 debug err
         bind "fd@${fe1}"
-        use_backend be1
+        use_backend be1_1 if { path /c1 }
+        use_backend be1_2 if { path /c2 }
 
     frontend fe2
         option httplog
@@ -73,13 +80,25 @@ haproxy h1 -conf {
         bind "fd@${fe2}"
         use_backend be2
 
-    backend be1
+    backend be1_1
+        server srv1 ${s1_addr}:${s1_port}
+
+    backend be1_2
+        timeout connect 1s
+        retries 10
         server srv1 ${s1_addr}:${s1_port}
 
     backend be2
         server srv1 ${s2_addr}:${s2_port} maxconn 1
+
+    backend check
+        server srv1 ${s1_addr}:${s1_port} check
+        log ${S_addr}:${S_port} local0 debug alert
 } -start
 
+# Wait s1 was detected as DOWN
+barrier b0 sync
+
 # No server, wait all connection retries : SC--
 client  c1 -connect ${h1_fe1_sock} {
     txreq -url /c1