diff --git a/include/proto/stream_interface.h b/include/proto/stream_interface.h
index 47acb76..890bfb8 100644
--- a/include/proto/stream_interface.h
+++ b/include/proto/stream_interface.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 struct appctx *stream_int_register_handler(struct stream_interface *si, struct applet *app);
 void si_applet_done(struct stream_interface *si);
+void stream_int_update(struct stream_interface *si);
 
 /* returns the channel which receives data from this stream interface (input channel) */
 static inline struct channel *si_ic(struct stream_interface *si)
diff --git a/src/stream_interface.c b/src/stream_interface.c
index af415ac..4075f68 100644
--- a/src/stream_interface.c
+++ b/src/stream_interface.c
@@ -706,6 +706,74 @@
 	}
 }
 
+/* This function is designed to be called from within the stream handler to
+ * update the channels' expiration timers and the stream interface's flags
+ * based on the channels' flags. It needs to be called only once after the
+ * channels' flags have settled down, and before they are cleared, though it
+ * doesn't harm to call it as often as desired (it just slightly hurts
+ * performance). It must not be called from outside of the stream handler,
+ * as what it does will be used to compute the stream task's expiration.
+ */
+void stream_int_update(struct stream_interface *si)
+{
+	struct channel *ic = si_ic(si);
+	struct channel *oc = si_oc(si);
+
+	if (!(ic->flags & CF_SHUTR)) {
+		/* Read not closed, update FD status and timeout for reads */
+		if ((ic->flags & CF_DONT_READ) || !channel_may_recv(ic)) {
+			/* stop reading */
+			if (!(si->flags & SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM)) {
+				if (!(ic->flags & CF_DONT_READ)) /* full */
+					si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
+				ic->rex = TICK_ETERNITY;
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			/* (re)start reading and update timeout. Note: we don't recompute the timeout
+			 * everytime we get here, otherwise it would risk never to expire. We only
+			 * update it if is was not yet set. The stream socket handler will already
+			 * have updated it if there has been a completed I/O.
+			 */
+			si->flags &= ~SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
+			if (!(ic->flags & (CF_READ_NOEXP|CF_DONT_READ)) && !tick_isset(ic->rex))
+				ic->rex = tick_add_ifset(now_ms, ic->rto);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!(oc->flags & CF_SHUTW)) {
+		/* Write not closed, update FD status and timeout for writes */
+		if (channel_is_empty(oc)) {
+			/* stop writing */
+			if (!(si->flags & SI_FL_WAIT_DATA)) {
+				if ((oc->flags & CF_SHUTW_NOW) == 0)
+					si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_DATA;
+				oc->wex = TICK_ETERNITY;
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			/* (re)start writing and update timeout. Note: we don't recompute the timeout
+			 * everytime we get here, otherwise it would risk never to expire. We only
+			 * update it if is was not yet set. The stream socket handler will already
+			 * have updated it if there has been a completed I/O.
+			 */
+			si->flags &= ~SI_FL_WAIT_DATA;
+			if (!tick_isset(oc->wex)) {
+				oc->wex = tick_add_ifset(now_ms, oc->wto);
+				if (tick_isset(ic->rex) && !(si->flags & SI_FL_INDEP_STR)) {
+					/* Note: depending on the protocol, we don't know if we're waiting
+					 * for incoming data or not. So in order to prevent the socket from
+					 * expiring read timeouts during writes, we refresh the read timeout,
+					 * except if it was already infinite or if we have explicitly setup
+					 * independent streams.
+					 */
+					ic->rex = tick_add_ifset(now_ms, ic->rto);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 
 /* Updates the timers and flags of a stream interface attached to a connection,
  * depending on the buffers' flags. It should only be called once after the