diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index c746380..d4fac8c 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -3479,6 +3479,15 @@
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "stick-table")) {
 		int myidx = 1;
+		struct proxy *other;
+
+		other = find_stktable(curproxy->id);
+		if (other) {
+			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : stick-table name '%s' conflicts with table declared in %s '%s' at %s:%d.\n",
+			      file, linenum, curproxy->id, proxy_type_str(other), other->id, other->conf.file, other->conf.line);
+			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		curproxy->table.id =  curproxy->id;
 		curproxy->table.type = (unsigned int)-1;