diff --git a/include/haproxy/quic_cc-t.h b/include/haproxy/quic_cc-t.h
index 5293495fd4..e5ed9b3c3f 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/quic_cc-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/quic_cc-t.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ struct quic_cc_path {
 
 	/* MTU. Must be constant for GSO support. */
 	const size_t mtu;
+	/* Initial congestion window. */
+	uint64_t initial_wnd;
 	/* Congestion window. */
 	uint64_t cwnd;
 	/* The current maximum congestion window value reached. */
diff --git a/include/haproxy/quic_cc.h b/include/haproxy/quic_cc.h
index 8003878fdb..bb15b3f915 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/quic_cc.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/quic_cc.h
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ static inline void quic_cc_path_init(struct quic_cc_path *path, int ipv4, unsign
 	max_dgram_sz = ipv4 ? QUIC_INITIAL_IPV4_MTU : QUIC_INITIAL_IPV6_MTU;
 	quic_loss_init(&path->loss);
 	*(size_t *)&path->mtu = max_dgram_sz;
-	path->cwnd = QUIC_MIN(10 * max_dgram_sz, QUIC_MAX(max_dgram_sz << 1, 14720U));
+	path->initial_wnd = QUIC_MIN(10 * max_dgram_sz, QUIC_MAX(max_dgram_sz << 1, 14720U));
+	path->cwnd = path->initial_wnd;
 	path->mcwnd = path->cwnd;
 	path->max_cwnd = max_cwnd;
 	path->min_cwnd = max_dgram_sz << 1;