diff --git a/include/haproxy/connection.h b/include/haproxy/connection.h
index f6407ff4b..5d9b5ca74 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/connection.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/connection.h
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ static inline int conn_get_src(struct connection *conn)
 	if (!sockaddr_alloc(&conn->src, NULL, 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (conn->ctrl->fam->get_src(conn->handle.fd, (struct sockaddr *)conn->src,
+	if (conn->ctrl->fam->get_src && !(conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS) &&
+	    conn->ctrl->fam->get_src(conn->handle.fd, (struct sockaddr *)conn->src,
 	                        sizeof(*conn->src),
 	                        obj_type(conn->target) != OBJ_TYPE_LISTENER) == -1)
 		return 0;
@@ -375,7 +376,8 @@ static inline int conn_get_dst(struct connection *conn)
 	if (!sockaddr_alloc(&conn->dst, NULL, 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (conn->ctrl->fam->get_dst(conn->handle.fd, (struct sockaddr *)conn->dst,
+	if (conn->ctrl->fam->get_dst && !(conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS) &&
+	    conn->ctrl->fam->get_dst(conn->handle.fd, (struct sockaddr *)conn->dst,
 	                        sizeof(*conn->dst),
 	                        obj_type(conn->target) != OBJ_TYPE_LISTENER) == -1)
 		return 0;
@@ -389,7 +391,7 @@ static inline int conn_get_dst(struct connection *conn)
  */
 static inline void conn_set_tos(const struct connection *conn, int tos)
 {
-	if (!conn || !conn_ctrl_ready(conn))
+	if (!conn || !conn_ctrl_ready(conn) || (conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS))
 		return;
 
 #ifdef IP_TOS
@@ -412,7 +414,7 @@ static inline void conn_set_tos(const struct connection *conn, int tos)
  */
 static inline void conn_set_mark(const struct connection *conn, int mark)
 {
-	if (!conn || !conn_ctrl_ready(conn))
+	if (!conn || !conn_ctrl_ready(conn) || (conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS))
 		return;
 
 #if defined(SO_MARK)
@@ -429,7 +431,7 @@ static inline void conn_set_mark(const struct connection *conn, int mark)
  */
 static inline void conn_set_quickack(const struct connection *conn, int value)
 {
-	if (!conn || !conn_ctrl_ready(conn))
+	if (!conn || !conn_ctrl_ready(conn) || (conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS))
 		return;
 
 #ifdef TCP_QUICKACK
diff --git a/src/tcp_act.c b/src/tcp_act.c
index ecb33d9f3..04400d210 100644
--- a/src/tcp_act.c
+++ b/src/tcp_act.c
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ static enum act_return tcp_exec_action_silent_drop(struct act_rule *rule, struct
 	if (strm)
 		strm->csf->si->flags |= SI_FL_NOLINGER;
 
+	if (conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS)
+		goto out;
+
 	/* We're on the client-facing side, we must force to disable lingering to
 	 * ensure we will use an RST exclusively and kill any pending data.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/tcp_sample.c b/src/tcp_sample.c
index 895a1306f..53e3d1e01 100644
--- a/src/tcp_sample.c
+++ b/src/tcp_sample.c
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ static inline int get_tcp_info(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp,
 	/* The fd may not be available for the tcp_info struct, and the
 	  syscal can fail. */
 	optlen = sizeof(info);
-	if (getsockopt(conn->handle.fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_INFO, &info, &optlen) == -1)
+	if ((conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS) ||
+	    getsockopt(conn->handle.fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_INFO, &info, &optlen) == -1)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* extract the value. */
diff --git a/src/tcpcheck.c b/src/tcpcheck.c
index 1926311f7..6e995a0ea 100644
--- a/src/tcpcheck.c
+++ b/src/tcpcheck.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ enum tcpcheck_eval_ret tcpcheck_eval_connect(struct check *check, struct tcpchec
 		ssl_sock_set_alpn(conn, (unsigned char *)s->check.alpn_str, s->check.alpn_len);
 #endif
 
-	if (conn_ctrl_ready(conn) && (connect->options & TCPCHK_OPT_LINGER)) {
+	if (conn_ctrl_ready(conn) && (connect->options & TCPCHK_OPT_LINGER) && !(conn->flags & CO_FL_FDLESS)) {
 		/* Some servers don't like reset on close */
 		HA_ATOMIC_AND(&fdtab[conn->handle.fd].state, ~FD_LINGER_RISK);
 	}