diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index 41cd67fbe..cfc3d23bc 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct global {
 	int rlimit_memmax;	/* default ulimit-d in megs value : 0=unset */
 	long maxzlibmem;        /* max RAM for zlib in bytes */
 	int mode;
-	unsigned int req_count; /* HTTP request counter */
+	unsigned int req_count; /* HTTP request counter for logs and unique_id */
 	int last_checks;
 	int spread_checks;
 	char *chroot;
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 8f8fd8f8c..369dc34b1 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -1448,13 +1448,13 @@ int build_logline(struct session *s, char *dst, size_t maxsize, struct list *lis
 
 			case LOG_FMT_COUNTER: // %rt
 				if (tmp->options & LOG_OPT_HEXA) {
-					iret = snprintf(tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog, "%04X", global.req_count);
+					iret = snprintf(tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog, "%04X", global.req_count++);
 					if (iret < 0 || iret > dst + maxsize - tmplog)
 						goto out;
 					last_isspace = 0;
 					tmplog += iret;
 				} else {
-					ret = ltoa_o(global.req_count, tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog);
+					ret = ltoa_o(global.req_count++, tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog);
 					if (ret == NULL)
 						goto out;
 					tmplog = ret;
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 3ef64728b..8d6eaf519 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -8289,8 +8289,6 @@ void http_init_txn(struct session *s)
 	txn->flags = 0;
 	txn->status = -1;
 
-	global.req_count++;
-
 	txn->cookie_first_date = 0;
 	txn->cookie_last_date = 0;