diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 3706bca52..600f2737d 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -7404,6 +7404,8 @@ int check_config_validity()
 	if (!global.tune.requri_len)
 		global.tune.requri_len = REQURI_LEN;
 
+	pool2_requri = create_pool("requri", global.tune.requri_len , MEM_F_SHARED);
+
 	pool2_capture = create_pool("capture", global.tune.cookie_len, MEM_F_SHARED);
 
 	/* allocate pool of resolution per resolvers */
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 46cb6ffe2..7141833b0 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ void init_proto_http()
 
 	/* memory allocations */
 	pool2_http_txn = create_pool("http_txn", sizeof(struct http_txn), MEM_F_SHARED);
-	pool2_requri = create_pool("requri", global.tune.requri_len , MEM_F_SHARED);
 	pool2_uniqueid = create_pool("uniqueid", UNIQUEID_LEN, MEM_F_SHARED);
 }