diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index cfb2db3df..cddfac0cf 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -3398,6 +3398,14 @@ static int _srv_check_proxy_mode(struct server *srv, char postparse)
 			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (srv->proxy->mode != PR_MODE_TCP && srv->proxy->mode != PR_MODE_HTTP &&
+	    srv->pp_opts) {
+		srv->pp_opts = 0;
+		ha_warning("'send-proxy*' server option is unsupported there, ignoring it\n");
+		err_code |= ERR_WARN;
+	}
+
  out:
 	if (srv->conf.file)
 		reset_usermsgs_ctx();
diff --git a/src/sink.c b/src/sink.c
index 73924ec7c..eef10006d 100644
--- a/src/sink.c
+++ b/src/sink.c
@@ -1092,16 +1092,6 @@ int cfg_parse_ring(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 
 		if (err_code & ERR_CODE)
 			goto err;
-
-		/* FIXME: ideally this check should be performed during server postparsing
-		 * for all proxies where this option is unsupported, but for now we lack
-		 * server postparsing rules for sinks so let's put that here
-		 */
-		if (cfg_sink->forward_px->srv && cfg_sink->forward_px->srv->pp_opts) {
-			cfg_sink->forward_px->srv->pp_opts = 0;
-			ha_warning("parsing [%s:%d] : 'send-proxy*' server option is unsupported there, ignoring it\n", file, linenum);
-			err_code |= ERR_WARN;
-		}
 	}
 	else if (strcmp(args[0],"timeout") == 0) {
 		if (!cfg_sink || !cfg_sink->forward_px) {