diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 69f4f20b4..aa865f0f8 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ static void init(int argc, char **argv)
 				break;
 
 		for (px = proxies_list; px; px = px->next)
-			if (px->state == PR_STNEW && !LIST_ISEMPTY(&px->conf.listeners))
+			if (px->state != PR_STSTOPPED && px->li_all)
 				break;
 
 		if (pr || px) {