diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 11849fe..f1a2fb9 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -2347,9 +2347,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	fcntl(mworker_pipe[0], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
-	fdtab[mworker_pipe[0]].owner = mworker_pipe;
-	fdtab[mworker_pipe[0]].iocb = mworker_pipe_handler;
-	fd_insert(mworker_pipe[0], MAX_THREADS_MASK);
+	fd_insert(mworker_pipe[0], mworker_pipe, mworker_pipe_handler, MAX_THREADS_MASK);
 	fd_want_recv(mworker_pipe[0]);
 }