diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 2cf8c751a..1c0cf660b 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1386,13 +1386,13 @@ int connect_server(struct stream *s)
 		else
 			return SF_ERR_INTERNAL;  /* how did we get there ? */
 
-#if defined(USE_OPENSSL) && defined(TLSEXT_TYPE_application_layer_protocol_negotiation)
 		srv_cs = si_alloc_cs(&s->si[1], srv_conn);
 		if (!srv_cs) {
 			conn_free(srv_conn);
 			return SF_ERR_RESOURCE;
 		}
 		srv_conn->ctx = srv_cs;
+#if defined(USE_OPENSSL) && defined(TLSEXT_TYPE_application_layer_protocol_negotiation)
 		if (!srv ||
 		    ((!(srv->ssl_ctx.alpn_str) && !(srv->ssl_ctx.npn_str)) ||
 		    srv->mux_proto || s->be->mode != PR_MODE_HTTP))