diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 8556d4c..47f4bff 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1368,10 +1368,8 @@
 
 	/* no reuse or failed to reuse the connection above, pick a new one */
 	if (!srv_conn) {
-		srv_conn = conn_new();
+		srv_conn = conn_new(s->target);
 		was_unused = 1;
-		if (srv_conn)
-			srv_conn->target = s->target;
 		srv_cs = NULL;
 
 		srv_conn->owner = s->sess;
diff --git a/src/mux_fcgi.c b/src/mux_fcgi.c
index 88cc6b1..58d4923 100644
--- a/src/mux_fcgi.c
+++ b/src/mux_fcgi.c
@@ -3436,7 +3436,7 @@
 	struct fcgi_conn *fconn = conn->ctx;
 
 	TRACE_ENTER(FCGI_EV_FSTRM_NEW, conn);
-	cs = cs_new(conn);
+	cs = cs_new(conn, conn->target);
 	if (!cs) {
 		TRACE_DEVEL("leaving on CS allocation failure", FCGI_EV_FSTRM_NEW|FCGI_EV_FSTRM_ERR, conn);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/src/mux_h1.c b/src/mux_h1.c
index a27c2d0..3268aff 100644
--- a/src/mux_h1.c
+++ b/src/mux_h1.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
 	struct conn_stream *cs;
 
 	TRACE_ENTER(H1_EV_STRM_NEW, h1s->h1c->conn, h1s);
-	cs = cs_new(h1s->h1c->conn);
+	cs = cs_new(h1s->h1c->conn, h1s->h1c->conn->target);
 	if (!cs) {
 		TRACE_DEVEL("leaving on CS allocation failure", H1_EV_STRM_NEW|H1_EV_STRM_END|H1_EV_STRM_ERR, h1s->h1c->conn, h1s);
 		goto err;
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	cs = cs_new(h1c->conn);
+	cs = cs_new(h1c->conn, h1c->conn->target);
 	if (!cs) {
 		TRACE_DEVEL("leaving on CS allocation failure", H1_EV_STRM_NEW|H1_EV_STRM_END|H1_EV_STRM_ERR, conn);
 		goto end;
diff --git a/src/mux_h2.c b/src/mux_h2.c
index ea79371..4b790e6 100644
--- a/src/mux_h2.c
+++ b/src/mux_h2.c
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@
 	if (!h2s)
 		goto out;
 
-	cs = cs_new(h2c->conn);
+	cs = cs_new(h2c->conn, h2c->conn->target);
 	if (!cs)
 		goto out_close;
 
@@ -3818,7 +3818,7 @@
 	struct h2c *h2c = conn->ctx;
 
 	TRACE_ENTER(H2_EV_H2S_NEW, conn);
-	cs = cs_new(conn);
+	cs = cs_new(conn, conn->target);
 	if (!cs) {
 		TRACE_DEVEL("leaving on CS allocation failure", H2_EV_H2S_NEW|H2_EV_H2S_ERR, conn);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/src/mux_pt.c b/src/mux_pt.c
index 9a96fb8..a9fe009 100644
--- a/src/mux_pt.c
+++ b/src/mux_pt.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	ctx->conn = conn;
 
 	if (!cs) {
-		cs = cs_new(conn);
+		cs = cs_new(conn, conn->target);
 		if (!cs)
 			goto fail_free_ctx;
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 
 	if (ctx->wait_event.events)
 		conn->xprt->unsubscribe(ctx->conn, conn->xprt_ctx, SUB_RETRY_RECV, &ctx->wait_event);
-	cs = cs_new(conn);
+	cs = cs_new(conn, conn->target);
 	if (!cs)
 		goto fail;
 
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 4fad934..52d3a1f 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 	ret = -1; /* assume unrecoverable error by default */
 
-	if (unlikely((cli_conn = conn_new()) == NULL))
+	if (unlikely((cli_conn = conn_new(&l->obj_type)) == NULL))
 		goto out_close;
 
 	if (!sockaddr_alloc(&cli_conn->src))
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
 	cli_conn->handle.fd = cfd;
 	*cli_conn->src = *addr;
 	cli_conn->flags |= CO_FL_ADDR_FROM_SET;
-	cli_conn->target = &l->obj_type;
 	cli_conn->proxy_netns = l->netns;
 
 	conn_prepare(cli_conn, l->proto, l->bind_conf->xprt);
diff --git a/src/tcpcheck.c b/src/tcpcheck.c
index 4e714fa..6f962cc 100644
--- a/src/tcpcheck.c
+++ b/src/tcpcheck.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
 	 */
 
 	/* 2- prepare new connection */
-	cs = cs_new(NULL);
+	cs = cs_new(NULL, (s ? &s->obj_type : &proxy->obj_type));
 	if (!cs) {
 		chunk_printf(&trash, "TCPCHK error allocating connection at step %d",
 			     tcpcheck_get_step_id(check, rule));
@@ -1028,9 +1028,7 @@
 	check->wait_list.events = 0;
 	if (s) {
 		_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&s->curr_used_conns, 1);
-		conn->target = &s->obj_type;
-	} else
-		conn->target = &proxy->obj_type;
+	}
 
 	/* no client address */
 	if (!sockaddr_alloc(&conn->dst)) {