diff --git a/include/types/checks.h b/include/types/checks.h
index a50043b..42b7b07 100644
--- a/include/types/checks.h
+++ b/include/types/checks.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 };
 
 struct check {
+	struct xprt_ops *xprt;			/* transport layer operations for health checks */
 	struct connection *conn;		/* connection state for health checks */
 	unsigned short port;			/* the port to use for the health checks */
 	struct buffer *bi, *bo;			/* input and output buffers to send/recv check */
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
 	struct timeval start;			/* last health check start time */
 	long duration;				/* time in ms took to finish last health check */
 	short status, code;			/* check result, check code */
-	char desc[HCHK_DESC_LEN];		/* health check descritpion */
+	char desc[HCHK_DESC_LEN];		/* health check description */
 	int use_ssl;				/* use SSL for health checks */
 	int send_proxy;				/* send a PROXY protocol header with checks */
 	struct tcpcheck_rule *current_step;     /* current step when using tcpcheck */
diff --git a/include/types/server.h b/include/types/server.h
index 313f58d..c419b40 100644
--- a/include/types/server.h
+++ b/include/types/server.h
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@
 
 	struct {                                /* configuration  used by health-check and agent-check */
 		struct protocol *proto;	        /* server address protocol for health checks */
-		struct xprt_ops *xprt;          /* transport layer operations for health checks */
 		struct sockaddr_storage addr;   /* the address to check, if different from <addr> */
 	} check_common;
 
diff --git a/src/checks.c b/src/checks.c
index 5318f35..84bf0e5 100644
--- a/src/checks.c
+++ b/src/checks.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@
 
 	/* prepare a new connection */
 	conn_init(conn);
-	conn_prepare(conn, s->check_common.proto, s->check_common.xprt);
+	conn_prepare(conn, s->check_common.proto, check->xprt);
 	conn_attach(conn, check, &check_conn_cb);
 	conn->target = &s->obj_type;
 
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index fdb63cc..94a31b6 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
 
 			newsrv->addr = *sk;
 			newsrv->proto = newsrv->check_common.proto = protocol_by_family(newsrv->addr.ss_family);
-			newsrv->xprt  = newsrv->check_common.xprt  = &raw_sock;
+			newsrv->xprt  = newsrv->check.xprt = newsrv->agent.xprt = &raw_sock;
 
 			if (!newsrv->proto) {
 				Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : Unknown protocol family %d '%s'\n",
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index f50efe5..b73d6f9 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@
 	if (srv->use_ssl)
 		srv->xprt = &ssl_sock;
 	if (srv->check.use_ssl)
-		srv->check_common.xprt = &ssl_sock;
+		srv->check.xprt = &ssl_sock;
 
 	srv->ssl_ctx.ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
 	if (!srv->ssl_ctx.ctx) {