diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index 2fb25cc..952f9ea 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@
 	conn->err_code = CO_ER_NONE;
 	conn->target = NULL;
 	conn->proxy_netns = NULL;
+	LIST_INIT(&conn->list);
 }
 
 /* Tries to allocate a new connection and initialized its main fields. The