diff --git a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
index bd9048ad07..f67e0a7ae2 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
@@ -2191,8 +2191,9 @@ ap_proxy_determine_connection(apr_pool_t *p, request_rec *r,
      *      to check host and port on the conn and be careful about
      *      spilling the cached addr from the worker.
      */
-    if (!conn->hostname || !worker->s->is_address_reusable ||
-        worker->s->disablereuse || *worker->s->uds_path) {
+    if (!(*worker->s->uds_path) &&
+        (!conn->hostname || !worker->s->is_address_reusable ||
+        worker->s->disablereuse)) {
         if (proxyname) {
             conn->hostname = apr_pstrdup(conn->pool, proxyname);
             conn->port = proxyport;