diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index d1aa51dc8..def012728 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -4233,7 +4233,7 @@ int srv_init_addr(void)
 		struct server *srv;
 
 		/* servers are in backend only */
-		if (!(curproxy->cap & PR_CAP_BE))
+		if (!(curproxy->cap & PR_CAP_BE) || curproxy->disabled)
 			goto srv_init_addr_next;
 
 		for (srv = curproxy->srv; srv; srv = srv->next)