diff --git a/servers/lloadd/config.c b/servers/lloadd/config.c
index 4fbb66cca6..eb41d9d7f9 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/config.c
+++ b/servers/lloadd/config.c
@@ -3811,6 +3811,10 @@ backend_cf_gen( ConfigArgs *c )
             }
 #endif /* ! HAVE_TLS */
             b->b_tls_conf = tlskey[i].mask;
+            if ( b->b_tls != LLOAD_LDAPS ) {
+                b->b_tls = b->b_tls_conf;
+                flag = LLOAD_BACKEND_MOD_OTHER;
+            }
         } break;
         case CFG_WEIGHT:
             b->b_weight = c->value_uint;