diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 703b8ff..7e06b67 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -4335,6 +4335,10 @@
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (flags & NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_CREATE) {
+            uscfp[i]->flags = flags;
+        }
+
         return uscfp[i];
     }