diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 6ff4c3ad9..7fbe558c5 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -3039,16 +3039,37 @@ static void srv_update_state(struct server *srv, int version, char **params)
 			HA_SPIN_LOCK(SERVER_LOCK, &srv->lock);
 			/* recover operational state and apply it to this server
 			 * and all servers tracking this one */
+			srv->check.health = srv_check_health;
 			switch (srv_op_state) {
 				case SRV_ST_STOPPED:
 					srv->check.health = 0;
 					srv_set_stopped(srv, "changed from server-state after a reload", NULL);
 					break;
 				case SRV_ST_STARTING:
+					/* If rise == 1 there is no STARTING state, let's switch to
+					 * RUNNING
+					 */
+					if (srv->check.rise == 1) {
+						srv->check.health = srv->check.rise + srv->check.fall - 1;
+						srv_set_running(srv, "", NULL);
+						break;
+					}
+					if (srv->check.health < 1 || srv->check.health >= srv->check.rise)
+						srv->check.health = srv->check.rise - 1;
 					srv->next_state = srv_op_state;
 					break;
 				case SRV_ST_STOPPING:
-					srv->check.health = srv->check.rise + srv->check.fall - 1;
+					/* If fall == 1 there is no STOPPING state, let's switch to
+					 * STOPPED
+					 */
+					if (srv->check.fall == 1) {
+						srv->check.health = 0;
+						srv_set_stopped(srv, "changed from server-state after a reload", NULL);
+						break;
+					}
+					if (srv->check.health < srv->check.rise ||
+					    srv->check.health > srv->check.rise + srv->check.fall - 2)
+						srv->check.health = srv->check.rise;
 					srv_set_stopping(srv, "changed from server-state after a reload", NULL);
 					break;
 				case SRV_ST_RUNNING:
@@ -3102,7 +3123,6 @@ static void srv_update_state(struct server *srv, int version, char **params)
 			srv->last_change = date.tv_sec - srv_last_time_change;
 			srv->check.status = srv_check_status;
 			srv->check.result = srv_check_result;
-			srv->check.health = srv_check_health;
 
 			/* Only case we want to apply is removing ENABLED flag which could have been
 			 * done by the "disable health" command over the stats socket