diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index cae3f20c5..96d8d17ad 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1256,8 +1256,7 @@ int connect_server(struct stream *s)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (((!reuse || (srv_conn && (srv_conn->flags & CO_FL_WAIT_XPRT)))
-	    && ha_used_fds > global.tune.pool_high_count) && srv && srv->idle_conns) {
+	if (ha_used_fds > global.tune.pool_high_count && srv && srv->idle_conns) {
 		struct connection *tokill_conn;
 
 		/* We can't reuse a connection, and e have more FDs than deemd