diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 68cc5b232..54373027b 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1773,6 +1773,7 @@ static struct connectdata *allocate_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
   conn->proxy_ssl_config.verifyhost = data->set.proxy_ssl.primary.verifyhost;
   conn->ip_version = data->set.ipver;
   conn->bits.connect_only = data->set.connect_only;
+  conn->transport = TRNSPRT_TCP; /* most of them are TCP streams */
 
 #if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && defined(USE_NTLM) && \
     defined(NTLM_WB_ENABLED)
@@ -2109,7 +2110,6 @@ static CURLcode setup_connection_internals(struct connectdata *conn)
 {
   const struct Curl_handler * p;
   CURLcode result;
-  conn->transport = TRNSPRT_TCP; /* most of them are TCP streams */
 
   /* Perform setup complement if some. */
   p = conn->handler;