diff --git a/include/haproxy/mux_quic-t.h b/include/haproxy/mux_quic-t.h
index 43ea53044..9602cc4c0 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/mux_quic-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/mux_quic-t.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct qcc {
 #define QC_SF_DEM_FULL          0x00000020  /* demux blocked on request channel buffer full */
 #define QC_SF_READ_ABORTED      0x00000040  /* stream rejected by app layer */
 #define QC_SF_TO_RESET          0x00000080  /* a RESET_STREAM must be sent */
+#define QC_SF_HREQ_RECV         0x00000100  /* a full HTTP request has been received */
 
 /* Maximum size of stream Rx buffer. */
 #define QC_S_RX_BUF_SZ   (global.tune.bufsize - NCB_RESERVED_SZ)
diff --git a/include/haproxy/mux_quic.h b/include/haproxy/mux_quic.h
index 699007e93..892ae9130 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/mux_quic.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/mux_quic.h
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ static inline struct stconn *qc_attach_sc(struct qcs *qcs, struct buffer *buf)
 	if (!sc_new_from_endp(qcs->sd, sess, buf))
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* QC_SF_HREQ_RECV must be set once for a stream. Else, nb_hreq counter
+	 * will be incorrect for the connection.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON_HOT(qcs->flags & QC_SF_HREQ_RECV);
+	qcs->flags |= QC_SF_HREQ_RECV;
 	++qcc->nb_sc;
 	++qcc->nb_hreq;
 
diff --git a/src/mux_quic.c b/src/mux_quic.c
index 4a6c1a884..38c863dee 100644
--- a/src/mux_quic.c
+++ b/src/mux_quic.c
@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ static void qcs_close_local(struct qcs *qcs)
 
 	if (quic_stream_is_bidi(qcs->id)) {
 		qcs->st = (qcs->st == QC_SS_HREM) ? QC_SS_CLO : QC_SS_HLOC;
-		qcc_rm_hreq(qcs->qcc);
+
+		if (qcs->flags & QC_SF_HREQ_RECV)
+			qcc_rm_hreq(qcs->qcc);
 	}
 	else {
 		/* Only local uni streams are valid for this operation. */