diff --git a/include/proto/mworker.h b/include/proto/mworker.h
index becb123a1df2..3b3e28066f07 100644
--- a/include/proto/mworker.h
+++ b/include/proto/mworker.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ void mworker_catch_sigchld(struct sig_handler *sh);
 void mworker_accept_wrapper(int fd);
 void mworker_pipe_register();
 
+void mworker_cleanlisteners();
+
 extern int *children; /* store PIDs of children in master workers mode */
 
 #endif /* PROTO_MWORKER_H_ */
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 52bf2be83627..3cc5c9ca509d 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -494,58 +494,6 @@ int tell_old_pids(int sig)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Upon a reload, the master worker needs to close all listeners FDs but the mworker_pipe
- * fd, and the FD provided by fd@
- */
-static void mworker_cleanlisteners()
-{
-	struct listener *l, *l_next;
-	struct proxy *curproxy;
-	struct peers *curpeers;
-
-	/* we might have to unbind some peers sections from some processes */
-	for (curpeers = cfg_peers; curpeers; curpeers = curpeers->next) {
-		if (!curpeers->peers_fe)
-			continue;
-
-		stop_proxy(curpeers->peers_fe);
-		/* disable this peer section so that it kills itself */
-		signal_unregister_handler(curpeers->sighandler);
-		task_delete(curpeers->sync_task);
-		task_free(curpeers->sync_task);
-		curpeers->sync_task = NULL;
-		task_free(curpeers->peers_fe->task);
-		curpeers->peers_fe->task = NULL;
-		curpeers->peers_fe = NULL;
-	}
-
-	for (curproxy = proxies_list; curproxy; curproxy = curproxy->next) {
-		int listen_in_master = 0;
-
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(l, l_next, &curproxy->conf.listeners, by_fe) {
-			/* remove the listener, but not those we need in the master... */
-			if (!(l->options & LI_O_MWORKER)) {
-				/* unbind the listener but does not close if
-				   the FD is inherited with fd@ from the parent
-				   process */
-				if (l->options & LI_O_INHERITED)
-					unbind_listener_no_close(l);
-				else
-					unbind_listener(l);
-				delete_listener(l);
-			} else {
-				listen_in_master = 1;
-			}
-		}
-		/* if the proxy shouldn't be in the master, we stop it */
-		if (!listen_in_master)
-			curproxy->state = PR_STSTOPPED;
-	}
-}
-
-
 /*
  * remove a pid forom the olpid array and decrease nb_oldpids
  * return 1 pid was found otherwise return 0
diff --git a/src/mworker.c b/src/mworker.c
index 786cc44e745b..0d46884f08ff 100644
--- a/src/mworker.c
+++ b/src/mworker.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <proto/signal.h>
 
 #include <types/global.h>
+#include <types/peers.h>
+#include <proto/proxy.h>
 #include <types/signal.h>
 
 #if defined(USE_SYSTEMD)
@@ -301,3 +303,54 @@ void mworker_pipe_register()
 	fd_insert(proc_self->ipc_fd[1], fdtab[proc_self->ipc_fd[1]].owner, mworker_accept_wrapper, 1);
 	fd_want_recv(proc_self->ipc_fd[1]);
 }
+
+/* ----- proxies ----- */
+/*
+ * Upon a reload, the master worker needs to close all listeners FDs but the mworker_pipe
+ * fd, and the FD provided by fd@
+ */
+void mworker_cleanlisteners()
+{
+	struct listener *l, *l_next;
+	struct proxy *curproxy;
+	struct peers *curpeers;
+
+	/* we might have to unbind some peers sections from some processes */
+	for (curpeers = cfg_peers; curpeers; curpeers = curpeers->next) {
+		if (!curpeers->peers_fe)
+			continue;
+
+		stop_proxy(curpeers->peers_fe);
+		/* disable this peer section so that it kills itself */
+		signal_unregister_handler(curpeers->sighandler);
+		task_delete(curpeers->sync_task);
+		task_free(curpeers->sync_task);
+		curpeers->sync_task = NULL;
+		task_free(curpeers->peers_fe->task);
+		curpeers->peers_fe->task = NULL;
+		curpeers->peers_fe = NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (curproxy = proxies_list; curproxy; curproxy = curproxy->next) {
+		int listen_in_master = 0;
+
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(l, l_next, &curproxy->conf.listeners, by_fe) {
+			/* remove the listener, but not those we need in the master... */
+			if (!(l->options & LI_O_MWORKER)) {
+				/* unbind the listener but does not close if
+				   the FD is inherited with fd@ from the parent
+				   process */
+				if (l->options & LI_O_INHERITED)
+					unbind_listener_no_close(l);
+				else
+					unbind_listener(l);
+				delete_listener(l);
+			} else {
+				listen_in_master = 1;
+			}
+		}
+		/* if the proxy shouldn't be in the master, we stop it */
+		if (!listen_in_master)
+			curproxy->state = PR_STSTOPPED;
+	}
+}