diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index b4e12f14a..2c42a7096 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ static void mworker_reload()
 	int next_argc = 0;
 	int j;
 	char *msg = NULL;
+	struct per_thread_deinit_fct *ptdf;
 
 	mworker_block_signals();
 #if defined(USE_SYSTEMD)
@@ -714,6 +715,18 @@ static void mworker_reload()
 
 	mworker_proc_list_to_env(); /* put the children description in the env */
 
+	/* during the reload we must ensure that every FDs that can't be
+	 * reuse (ie those that are not referenced in the proc_list)
+	 * are closed or they will leak. */
+
+	/* close the listeners FD */
+	mworker_cli_proxy_stop();
+	/* close the poller FD and the thread waker pipe FD */
+	list_for_each_entry(ptdf, &per_thread_deinit_list, list)
+		ptdf->fct();
+	if (fdtab)
+		deinit_pollers();
+
 	/* compute length  */
 	while (next_argv[next_argc])
 		next_argc++;