diff --git a/include/proto/proxy.h b/include/proto/proxy.h
index c75c0da21..558718ba2 100644
--- a/include/proto/proxy.h
+++ b/include/proto/proxy.h
@@ -184,6 +184,21 @@ static inline int l7_status_match(struct proxy *p, int status)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/* Return 1 if <p> proxy is in <list> list of proxies which are also stick-tables,
+ * 0 if not.
+ */
+static inline int in_proxies_list(struct proxy *list, struct proxy *proxy)
+{
+	struct proxy *p;
+
+	for (p = list; p; p = p->next_stkt_ref)
+		if (proxy == p)
+			return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* _PROTO_PROXY_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/action.c b/src/action.c
index 54542420c..76842022c 100644
--- a/src/action.c
+++ b/src/action.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int check_trk_action(struct act_rule *rule, struct proxy *px, char **err)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	else {
-		if (target->proxies_list != px) {
+		if (!in_proxies_list(target->proxies_list, px)) {
 			px->next_stkt_ref = target->proxies_list;
 			target->proxies_list = px;
 		}
diff --git a/src/sample.c b/src/sample.c
index 94c605f92..6327b6b08 100644
--- a/src/sample.c
+++ b/src/sample.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ int smp_resolve_args(struct proxy *p)
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (t->proxies_list != p) {
+			if (!in_proxies_list(t->proxies_list, p)) {
 				p->next_stkt_ref = t->proxies_list;
 				t->proxies_list = p;
 			}