diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index a4f2e0df5..a7f294d6a 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -757,9 +757,8 @@ void mworker_reload()
 			deinit_pollers();
 	}
 #if defined(USE_OPENSSL) && (HA_OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L)
-	if (global.ssl_used_frontend || global.ssl_used_backend)
-		/* close random device FDs */
-		RAND_keep_random_devices_open(0);
+	/* close random device FDs */
+	RAND_keep_random_devices_open(0);
 #endif
 
 	/* restore the initial FD limits */