diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index dba8dea..3a98b34 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@
 
 	conn->mux = mux;
 	conn->ctx = ctx;
-	ret = mux->init ? mux->init(conn, prx, sess) : 0;
+	ret = mux->init ? mux->init(conn, prx, sess, &BUF_NULL) : 0;
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		conn->mux = NULL;
 		conn->ctx = NULL;
diff --git a/include/types/connection.h b/include/types/connection.h
index 1a1409b..af27d0c 100644
--- a/include/types/connection.h
+++ b/include/types/connection.h
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
  * layer is not ready yet.
  */
 struct mux_ops {
-	int  (*init)(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *prx, struct session *sess);  /* early initialization */
+	int  (*init)(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *prx, struct session *sess, struct buffer *input);  /* early initialization */
 	int  (*wake)(struct connection *conn);        /* mux-layer callback to report activity, mandatory */
 	size_t (*rcv_buf)(struct conn_stream *cs, struct buffer *buf, size_t count, int flags); /* Called from the upper layer to get data */
 	size_t (*snd_buf)(struct conn_stream *cs, struct buffer *buf, size_t count, int flags); /* Called from the upper layer to send data */
diff --git a/src/mux_h1.c b/src/mux_h1.c
index a40ef3f..50afbc2 100644
--- a/src/mux_h1.c
+++ b/src/mux_h1.c
@@ -356,11 +356,15 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Initialize the mux once it's attached. It is expected that conn->ctx
- * points to the existing conn_stream (for outgoing connections) or NULL (for
- * incoming ones). Returns < 0 on error.
+ * Initialize the mux once it's attached. It is expected that conn->ctx points
+ * to the existing conn_stream (for outgoing connections or for incoming onces
+ * during a mux upgrade) or NULL (for incoming ones during the connexion
+ * establishment). <input> is always used as Input buffer and may contain
+ * data. It is the caller responsibility to not reuse it anymore. Returns < 0 on
+ * error.
  */
-static int h1_init(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *proxy, struct session *sess)
+static int h1_init(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *proxy, struct session *sess,
+		   struct buffer *input)
 {
 	struct h1c *h1c;
 	struct task *t = NULL;
@@ -372,10 +376,10 @@
 	h1c->px   = proxy;
 
 	h1c->flags = H1C_F_NONE;
-	h1c->ibuf  = BUF_NULL;
+	h1c->ibuf  = *input;
 	h1c->obuf  = BUF_NULL;
 	h1c->h1s   = NULL;
-	h1c->task = NULL;
+	h1c->task  = NULL;
 
 	LIST_INIT(&h1c->buf_wait.list);
 	h1c->wait_event.task = tasklet_new();
diff --git a/src/mux_h2.c b/src/mux_h2.c
index 5448ea8..e440424 100644
--- a/src/mux_h2.c
+++ b/src/mux_h2.c
@@ -472,10 +472,12 @@
 
 /* Initialize the mux once it's attached. For outgoing connections, the context
  * is already initialized before installing the mux, so we detect incoming
- * connections from the fact that the context is still NULL. Returns < 0 on
- * error.
+ * connections from the fact that the context is still NULL (even during mux
+ * upgrades). <input> is always used as Input buffer and may contain data. It is
+ * the caller responsibility to not reuse it anymore. Returns < 0 on error.
  */
-static int h2_init(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *prx, struct session *sess)
+static int h2_init(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *prx, struct session *sess,
+		   struct buffer *input)
 {
 	struct h2c *h2c;
 	struct task *t = NULL;
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@
 	h2c->nb_reserved = 0;
 	h2c->stream_cnt = 0;
 
-	h2c->dbuf = BUF_NULL;
+	h2c->dbuf = *input;
 	h2c->dsi = -1;
 	h2c->msi = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/mux_pt.c b/src/mux_pt.c
index 4f53920..2086d5f 100644
--- a/src/mux_pt.c
+++ b/src/mux_pt.c
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
  * incoming ones, in which case one will be allocated and a new stream will be
  * instanciated). Returns < 0 on error.
  */
-static int mux_pt_init(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *prx, struct session *sess)
+static int mux_pt_init(struct connection *conn, struct proxy *prx, struct session *sess,
+		       struct buffer *input)
 {
 	struct conn_stream *cs = conn->ctx;
 	struct mux_pt_ctx *ctx = pool_alloc(pool_head_pt_ctx);