diff --git a/include/types/session.h b/include/types/session.h
index e4e393b10..45d2df1fb 100644
--- a/include/types/session.h
+++ b/include/types/session.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct session {
 	enum obj_type *origin;          /* the connection / applet which initiated this session */
 	struct timeval accept_date;     /* date of the session's accept() in user date */
 	struct timeval tv_accept;       /* date of the session's accept() in internal date (monotonic) */
+	struct stkctr stkctr[MAX_SESS_STKCTR];  /* stick counters for tcp-connection */
 };
 
 #endif /* _TYPES_SESSION_H */
diff --git a/include/types/stream.h b/include/types/stream.h
index b83f65588..be285683d 100644
--- a/include/types/stream.h
+++ b/include/types/stream.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct stream {
 	int store_count;
 	/* 4 unused bytes here */
 
-	struct stkctr stkctr[MAX_SESS_STKCTR];  /* stick counters */
+	struct stkctr stkctr[MAX_SESS_STKCTR];  /* content-aware stick counters */
 
 	char **req_cap;                         /* array of captures from the request (may be NULL) */
 	char **res_cap;                         /* array of captures from the response (may be NULL) */
diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 7df8778eb..cbc0fdedd 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -2035,6 +2035,8 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_socket_new(lua_State *L)
 
 	sess->accept_date = date; /* user-visible date for logging */
 	sess->tv_accept   = now;  /* corrected date for internal use */
+	memset(sess->stkctr, 0, sizeof(sess->stkctr));
+
 	socket->s = pool_alloc2(pool2_stream);
 	if (!socket->s) {
 		hlua_pusherror(L, "socket: out of memory");
diff --git a/src/peers.c b/src/peers.c
index df4ecf889..57954d74a 100644
--- a/src/peers.c
+++ b/src/peers.c
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ static struct stream *peer_session_create(struct peer *peer, struct peer_session
 	sess->fe = p;
 	sess->accept_date = date; /* user-visible date for logging */
 	sess->tv_accept = now;  /* corrected date for internal use */
+	memset(sess->stkctr, 0, sizeof(sess->stkctr));
 
 	if ((s = pool_alloc2(pool2_stream)) == NULL) { /* disable this proxy for a while */
 		Alert("out of memory in peer_session_create().\n");
diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index 6730ad47d..e21a2a583 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ int stream_accept(struct listener *l, int cfd, struct sockaddr_storage *addr)
 	sess->origin = &cli_conn->obj_type;
 	sess->accept_date = date; /* user-visible date for logging */
 	sess->tv_accept   = now;  /* corrected date for internal use */
+	memset(sess->stkctr, 0, sizeof(sess->stkctr));
 
 	if (unlikely((s = pool_alloc2(pool2_stream)) == NULL))
 		goto out_free_sess;