diff --git a/src/stream_interface.c b/src/stream_interface.c
index 1d84ca9..012ac71 100644
--- a/src/stream_interface.c
+++ b/src/stream_interface.c
@@ -1372,7 +1372,8 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (si->flags & SI_FL_L7_RETRY) {
+		/* L7 retries enabled and maximum connection retries not reached */
+		if ((si->flags & SI_FL_L7_RETRY) && si->conn_retries) {
 			struct htx *htx;
 			struct htx_sl *sl;