diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index a379cbcae..a6b8dc3ad 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -799,7 +799,15 @@ static void mworker_reexec_waitmode()
 /* reload haproxy and emit a warning */
 void mworker_reload()
 {
+	struct mworker_proc *child;
+
 	ha_notice("Reloading HAProxy\n");
+
+	/* increment the number of reloads */
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &proc_list, list) {
+		child->reloads++;
+	}
+
 	mworker_reexec();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mworker.c b/src/mworker.c
index 68aea603f..fe1770618 100644
--- a/src/mworker.c
+++ b/src/mworker.c
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ int mworker_env_to_proc_list()
 			} else if (strncmp(subtoken, "pid=", 4) == 0) {
 				child->pid = atoi(subtoken+4);
 			} else if (strncmp(subtoken, "reloads=", 8) == 0) {
-				/* we reloaded this process once more */
-				child->reloads = atoi(subtoken+8) + 1;
+				/* we only increment the number of asked reload */
+				child->reloads = atoi(subtoken+8);
 			} else if (strncmp(subtoken, "timestamp=", 10) == 0) {
 				child->timestamp = atoi(subtoken+10);
 			} else if (strncmp(subtoken, "id=", 3) == 0) {