diff --git a/src/listener.c b/src/listener.c
index 84064d6..28c3e63 100644
--- a/src/listener.c
+++ b/src/listener.c
@@ -508,10 +508,6 @@
 	if (l->state == LI_READY)
 		goto end;
 
-	/* the listener might have been stopped in parallel */
-	if (l->state < LI_PAUSED)
-		goto end;
-
 	if (l->rx.proto->resume)
 		ret = l->rx.proto->resume(l);
 
@@ -567,7 +563,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Marks a ready listener as full so that the stream code tries to re-enable
- * it upon next close() using resume_listener().
+ * it upon next close() using relax_listener().
  */
 static void listener_full(struct listener *l)
 {
@@ -605,7 +601,7 @@
 		/* This cannot fail because the listeners are by definition in
 		 * the LI_LIMITED state.
 		 */
-		resume_listener(listener, 0, 0);
+		relax_listener(listener, 0, 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -618,7 +614,7 @@
 		/* This cannot fail because the listeners are by definition in
 		 * the LI_LIMITED state.
 		 */
-		resume_listener(listener, 0, 0);
+		relax_listener(listener, 0, 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1144,7 +1140,7 @@
 	      (!tick_isset(global_listener_queue_task->expire) ||
 	       tick_is_expired(global_listener_queue_task->expire, now_ms))))) {
 		/* at least one thread has to this when quitting */
-		resume_listener(l, 0, 0);
+		relax_listener(l, 0, 0);
 
 		/* Dequeues all of the listeners waiting for a resource */
 		dequeue_all_listeners();
@@ -1203,7 +1199,7 @@
 	_HA_ATOMIC_DEC(&l->thr_conn[tid]);
 
 	if (l->state == LI_FULL || l->state == LI_LIMITED)
-		resume_listener(l, 0, 0);
+		relax_listener(l, 0, 0);
 
 	/* Dequeues all of the listeners waiting for a resource */
 	dequeue_all_listeners();
diff --git a/src/proxy.c b/src/proxy.c
index fe0d1e2..686c6d1 100644
--- a/src/proxy.c
+++ b/src/proxy.c
@@ -2836,7 +2836,7 @@
 	px->maxconn = v;
 	list_for_each_entry(l, &px->conf.listeners, by_fe) {
 		if (l->state == LI_FULL)
-			resume_listener(l, 1, 0);
+			relax_listener(l, 1, 0);
 	}
 
 	if (px->maxconn > px->feconn)