diff --git a/docs/log-message-tags/next-number b/docs/log-message-tags/next-number
index 5dae555dfb..fde32dc6d6 100644
--- a/docs/log-message-tags/next-number
+++ b/docs/log-message-tags/next-number
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10249
+10251
diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
index d730a6d047..e40d8f8c87 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
@@ -2185,10 +2185,21 @@ static const char *
             PROXY_COPY_CONF_PARAMS(worker, conf);
         }
         else if ((use_regex != 0) ^ (worker->s->is_name_matchable != 0)) {
-            return apr_pstrcat(cmd->temp_pool, "ProxyPass/<Proxy> and "
-                               "ProxyPassMatch/<ProxyMatch> can't be used "
-                               "together with the same worker name ",
-                               "(", worker->s->name, ")", NULL);
+            ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, 0, cmd->server, APLOGNO(10249)
+                         "ProxyPass/<Proxy> and ProxyPassMatch/<ProxyMatch> "
+                         "can't be used altogether with the same worker "
+                         "name (%s); ignoring ProxyPass%s",
+                         worker->s->name, use_regex ? "Match" : "");
+            /* Rollback new alias */
+            if (cmd->path) {
+                dconf->alias = NULL;
+                dconf->alias_set = 0;
+            }
+            else {
+                memset(new, 0, sizeof(*new));
+                apr_array_pop(conf->aliases);
+            }
+            return NULL;
         }
         else {
             reuse = 1;
@@ -2955,10 +2966,15 @@ static const char *proxysection(cmd_parms *cmd, void *mconfig, const char *arg)
                                        " ", err, NULL);
             }
             else if ((use_regex != 0) ^ (worker->s->is_name_matchable != 0)) {
-                return apr_pstrcat(cmd->temp_pool, "ProxyPass/<Proxy> and "
-                                   "ProxyPassMatch/<ProxyMatch> can't be used "
-                                   "altogether with the same worker name ",
-                                   "(", worker->s->name, ")", NULL);
+                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, 0, cmd->server, APLOGNO(10250)
+                             "ProxyPass/<Proxy> and ProxyPassMatch/<ProxyMatch> "
+                             "can't be used altogether with the same worker "
+                             "name (%s); ignoring <Proxy%s>",
+                             worker->s->name, use_regex ? "Match" : "");
+                /* Rollback new section */
+                ((void **)sconf->sec_proxy->elts)[sconf->sec_proxy->nelts - 1] = NULL;
+                apr_array_pop(sconf->sec_proxy);
+                goto cleanup;
             }
             if (!worker->section_config) {
                 worker->section_config = new_dir_conf;
@@ -2989,6 +3005,7 @@ static const char *proxysection(cmd_parms *cmd, void *mconfig, const char *arg)
         }
     }
 
+cleanup:
     cmd->path = old_path;
     cmd->override = old_overrides;