diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
index 25adec28f..a404dd81b 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -2427,7 +2427,9 @@ ngx_http_core_server(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *dummy)
     ngx_uint_t                   i;
     ngx_conf_t                   pcf;
     ngx_http_module_t           *module;
+    struct sockaddr_in          *sin;
     ngx_http_conf_ctx_t         *ctx, *http_ctx;
+    ngx_http_listen_opt_t        lsopt;
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t    *cscf, **cscfp;
     ngx_http_core_main_conf_t   *cmcf;
 
@@ -2506,6 +2508,37 @@ ngx_http_core_server(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *dummy)
 
     *cf = pcf;
 
+    if (rv == NGX_CONF_OK && !cscf->listen) {
+        ngx_memzero(&lsopt, sizeof(ngx_http_listen_opt_t));
+
+        sin = &lsopt.u.sockaddr_in;
+
+        sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
+#if (NGX_WIN32)
+        sin->sin_port = htons(80);
+#else
+        sin->sin_port = htons((getuid() == 0) ? 80 : 8000);
+#endif
+        sin->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+
+        lsopt.socklen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+
+        lsopt.backlog = NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG;
+        lsopt.rcvbuf = -1;
+        lsopt.sndbuf = -1;
+#if (NGX_HAVE_SETFIB)
+        lsopt.setfib = -1;
+#endif
+        lsopt.wildcard = 1;
+
+        (void) ngx_sock_ntop(&lsopt.u.sockaddr, lsopt.addr,
+                             NGX_SOCKADDR_STRLEN, 1);
+
+        if (ngx_http_add_listen(cf, cscf, &lsopt) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+        }
+    }
+
     return rv;
 }
 
@@ -2946,8 +2979,6 @@ ngx_http_core_merge_srv_conf(ngx_conf_t *cf, void *parent, void *child)
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t *prev = parent;
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t *conf = child;
 
-    struct sockaddr_in      *sin;
-    ngx_http_listen_opt_t    lsopt;
     ngx_http_server_name_t  *sn;
 
     /* TODO: it does not merge, it inits only */
@@ -2979,37 +3010,6 @@ ngx_http_core_merge_srv_conf(ngx_conf_t *cf, void *parent, void *child)
     ngx_conf_merge_value(conf->underscores_in_headers,
                               prev->underscores_in_headers, 0);
 
-    if (!conf->listen) {
-        ngx_memzero(&lsopt, sizeof(ngx_http_listen_opt_t));
-
-        sin = &lsopt.u.sockaddr_in;
-
-        sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
-#if (NGX_WIN32)
-        sin->sin_port = htons(80);
-#else
-        sin->sin_port = htons((getuid() == 0) ? 80 : 8000);
-#endif
-        sin->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-
-        lsopt.socklen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
-
-        lsopt.backlog = NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG;
-        lsopt.rcvbuf = -1;
-        lsopt.sndbuf = -1;
-#if (NGX_HAVE_SETFIB)
-        lsopt.setfib = -1;
-#endif
-        lsopt.wildcard = 1;
-
-        (void) ngx_sock_ntop(&lsopt.u.sockaddr, lsopt.addr,
-                             NGX_SOCKADDR_STRLEN, 1);
-
-        if (ngx_http_add_listen(cf, conf, &lsopt) != NGX_OK) {
-            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
     if (conf->server_name.data == NULL) {
         ngx_str_set(&conf->server_name, "");