diff --git a/src/check.c b/src/check.c
index 4c625efa6..e3778ea5b 100644
--- a/src/check.c
+++ b/src/check.c
@@ -1420,6 +1420,7 @@ static int start_checks()
 
 	/* 0- init the dummy frontend used to create all checks sessions */
 	init_new_proxy(&checks_fe);
+	checks_fe.id = strdup("CHECKS-FE");
 	checks_fe.cap = PR_CAP_FE | PR_CAP_BE;
         checks_fe.mode = PR_MODE_TCP;
 	checks_fe.maxconn = 0;