diff --git a/include/haproxy/listener-t.h b/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
index ac50a4607..6f4ae2fad 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ enum li_status {
 /* flags used with bind_conf->options */
 #define BC_O_USE_SSL            0x00000001 /* SSL is being used on this bind_conf */
 #define BC_O_GENERATE_CERTS     0x00000002 /* 1 if generate-certificates option is set, else 0 */
+#define BC_O_QUIC_FORCE_RETRY   0x00000004 /* always send Retry on reception of Initial without token */
 
 
 /* flags used with bind_conf->ssl_options */
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ struct bind_conf {
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_QUIC
 	struct quic_transport_params quic_params; /* QUIC transport parameters. */
-	unsigned int quic_force_retry:1;          /* always send Retry on reception of Initial without token */
 #endif
 	struct proxy *frontend;    /* the frontend all these listeners belong to, or NULL */
 	const struct mux_proto_list *mux_proto; /* the mux to use for all incoming connections (specified by the "proto" keyword) */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse-quic.c b/src/cfgparse-quic.c
index 03f417825..db637e080 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-quic.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-quic.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 static int bind_parse_quic_force_retry(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px, struct bind_conf *conf, char **err)
 {
-	conf->quic_force_retry = 1;
+	conf->options |= BC_O_QUIC_FORCE_RETRY;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/xprt_quic.c b/src/xprt_quic.c
index b2b1f6082..444b7acf7 100644
--- a/src/xprt_quic.c
+++ b/src/xprt_quic.c
@@ -5328,7 +5328,7 @@ static void qc_lstnr_pkt_rcv(unsigned char *buf, const unsigned char *end,
 			 */
 			if (global.cluster_secret) {
 				if (!token_len) {
-					if (l->bind_conf->quic_force_retry) {
+					if (l->bind_conf->options & BC_O_QUIC_FORCE_RETRY) {
 						TRACE_PROTO("Initial without token, sending retry", QUIC_EV_CONN_LPKT);
 						if (send_retry(l->rx.fd, &dgram->saddr, pkt)) {
 							TRACE_PROTO("Error during Retry generation", QUIC_EV_CONN_LPKT);
@@ -5393,7 +5393,7 @@ static void qc_lstnr_pkt_rcv(unsigned char *buf, const unsigned char *end,
 				goto drop;
 			}
 
-			if (global.cluster_secret && !pkt->token_len && !l->bind_conf->quic_force_retry &&
+			if (global.cluster_secret && !pkt->token_len && !(l->bind_conf->options & BC_O_QUIC_FORCE_RETRY) &&
 			    HA_ATOMIC_LOAD(&prx_counters->conn_opening) >= global.tune.quic_retry_threshold) {
 				TRACE_PROTO("Initial without token, sending retry", QUIC_EV_CONN_LPKT);
 				if (send_retry(l->rx.fd, &dgram->saddr, pkt)) {