diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index df8d34e740..bd8608f74a 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -555,8 +555,24 @@ static void mworker_cleanlisteners()
 {
 	struct listener *l, *l_next;
 	struct proxy *curproxy;
+	struct peers *curpeers;
 
 	for (curproxy = proxies_list; curproxy; curproxy = curproxy->next) {
+		/* we might have to unbind some peers sections from some processes */
+		for (curpeers = cfg_peers; curpeers; curpeers = curpeers->next) {
+			if (!curpeers->peers_fe)
+				continue;
+
+			stop_proxy(curpeers->peers_fe);
+			/* disable this peer section so that it kills itself */
+			signal_unregister_handler(curpeers->sighandler);
+			task_delete(curpeers->sync_task);
+			task_free(curpeers->sync_task);
+			curpeers->sync_task = NULL;
+			task_free(curpeers->peers_fe->task);
+			curpeers->peers_fe->task = NULL;
+			curpeers->peers_fe = NULL;
+		}
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(l, l_next, &curproxy->conf.listeners, by_fe) {
 			/* does not close if the FD is inherited with fd@