diff --git a/src/h3.c b/src/h3.c
index 0616b764c..24db5e96c 100644
--- a/src/h3.c
+++ b/src/h3.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <haproxy/qmux_http.h>
 #include <haproxy/qpack-dec.h>
 #include <haproxy/qpack-enc.h>
-#include <haproxy/quic_conn-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/quic_enc.h>
 #include <haproxy/quic_frame.h>
 #include <haproxy/stats-t.h>
@@ -2177,7 +2176,7 @@ static int h3_send_goaway(struct h3c *h3c)
 static int h3_init(struct qcc *qcc)
 {
 	struct h3c *h3c;
-	struct quic_conn *qc = qcc->conn->handle.qc;
+	const struct listener *li = __objt_listener(qcc->conn->target);
 
 	h3c = pool_alloc(pool_head_h3c);
 	if (!h3c)
@@ -2190,9 +2189,8 @@ static int h3_init(struct qcc *qcc)
 	h3c->id_goaway = 0;
 
 	qcc->ctx = h3c;
-	/* TODO cleanup only ref to quic_conn */
 	h3c->prx_counters =
-		EXTRA_COUNTERS_GET(qc->li->bind_conf->frontend->extra_counters_fe,
+		EXTRA_COUNTERS_GET(li->bind_conf->frontend->extra_counters_fe,
 		                   &h3_stats_module);
 	LIST_INIT(&h3c->buf_wait.list);