diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
index d763572ccb..001e1e2dd6 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ static int proxy_ftp_handler(request_rec *r, proxy_worker *worker,
 
     apr_rfc822_date(dates, r->request_time);
     apr_table_setn(r->headers_out, "Date", dates);
-    apr_table_setn(r->headers_out, "Server", ap_get_server_description());
+    apr_table_setn(r->headers_out, "Server", ap_get_server_banner());
 
     /* set content-type */
     if (dirlisting) {