diff --git a/include/haproxy/quic_stream-t.h b/include/haproxy/quic_stream-t.h
index ff88053b3..f1feb5c3d 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/quic_stream-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/quic_stream-t.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 struct qc_stream_desc {
 	struct eb64_node by_id; /* node for quic_conn tree */
+	struct quic_conn *qc;
 
 	struct buffer buf; /* buffer for STREAM data on Tx, emptied on acknowledge */
 	uint64_t ack_offset; /* last acknowledged offset */
diff --git a/src/quic_stream.c b/src/quic_stream.c
index 6bdd00dce..69fafbb34 100644
--- a/src/quic_stream.c
+++ b/src/quic_stream.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct qc_stream_desc *qc_stream_desc_new(uint64_t id, void *ctx,
 
 	stream->by_id.key = id;
 	eb64_insert(&qc->streams_by_id, &stream->by_id);
+	stream->qc = qc;
 
 	stream->buf = BUF_NULL;
 	stream->acked_frms = EB_ROOT;