diff --git a/include/haproxy/server-t.h b/include/haproxy/server-t.h
index 84b3b87c0c..e909a4d3b1 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/server-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/server-t.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ struct server {
 	signed char use_ssl;		        /* ssl enabled (1: on, 0: disabled, -1 forced off)  */
 	unsigned int flags;                     /* server flags (SRV_F_*) */
 	unsigned int pp_opts;                   /* proxy protocol options (SRV_PP_*) */
-	struct list global_list;                /* attach point in the global servers_list */
+	struct mt_list global_list;             /* attach point in the global servers_list */
 	struct server *next;
 	struct mt_list prev_deleted;            /* deleted servers with 'next' ptr pointing to us */
 	int cklen;				/* the len of the cookie, to speed up checks */
diff --git a/include/haproxy/server.h b/include/haproxy/server.h
index b8f8c71316..ade27c9408 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/server.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/server.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 __decl_thread(extern HA_SPINLOCK_T idle_conn_srv_lock);
 extern struct idle_conns idle_conns[MAX_THREADS];
 extern struct task *idle_conn_task;
-extern struct list servers_list;
+extern struct mt_list servers_list;
 extern struct dict server_key_dict;
 
 int srv_downtime(const struct server *s);
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index af41497202..c29b6f6dba 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -2810,6 +2810,7 @@ int check_config_validity()
 	struct proxy *init_proxies_list = NULL;
 	struct stktable *t;
 	struct server *newsrv = NULL;
+	struct mt_list back;
 	int err_code = 0;
 	unsigned int next_pxid = 1;
 	struct bind_conf *bind_conf;
@@ -4250,7 +4251,7 @@ int check_config_validity()
 
 	/* we must finish to initialize certain things on the servers */
 
-	list_for_each_entry(newsrv, &servers_list, global_list) {
+	MT_LIST_FOR_EACH_ENTRY_LOCKED(newsrv, &servers_list, global_list, back) {
 		/* initialize idle conns lists */
 		if (srv_init_per_thr(newsrv) == -1) {
 			ha_alert("parsing [%s:%d] : failed to allocate per-thread lists for server '%s'.\n",
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index fdc7502128..7d2ba4a12b 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct srv_kw_list srv_keywords = {
 __decl_thread(HA_SPINLOCK_T idle_conn_srv_lock);
 struct eb_root idle_conn_srv = EB_ROOT;
 struct task *idle_conn_task __read_mostly = NULL;
-struct list servers_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(servers_list);
+struct mt_list servers_list = MT_LIST_HEAD_INIT(servers_list);
 static struct task *server_atomic_sync_task = NULL;
 static event_hdl_async_equeue server_atomic_sync_queue;
 
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ struct server *new_server(struct proxy *proxy)
 	srv->obj_type = OBJ_TYPE_SERVER;
 	srv->proxy = proxy;
 	queue_init(&srv->queue, proxy, srv);
-	LIST_APPEND(&servers_list, &srv->global_list);
+	MT_LIST_APPEND(&servers_list, &srv->global_list);
 	LIST_INIT(&srv->srv_rec_item);
 	LIST_INIT(&srv->ip_rec_item);
 	LIST_INIT(&srv->pp_tlvs);
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ struct server *srv_drop(struct server *srv)
 
 	HA_SPIN_DESTROY(&srv->lock);
 
-	LIST_DELETE(&srv->global_list);
+	MT_LIST_DELETE(&srv->global_list);
 	event_hdl_sub_list_destroy(&srv->e_subs);
 
 	EXTRA_COUNTERS_FREE(srv->extra_counters);
@@ -3267,7 +3267,7 @@ static int _srv_parse_tmpl_init(struct server *srv, struct proxy *px)
 		release_sample_expr(newsrv->ssl_ctx.sni);
 		free_check(&newsrv->agent);
 		free_check(&newsrv->check);
-		LIST_DELETE(&newsrv->global_list);
+		MT_LIST_DELETE(&newsrv->global_list);
 	}
 	free(newsrv);
 	return i - srv->tmpl_info.nb_low;