diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml
index 887af1aa5d..50d3246718 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ---
-- name: Allowing non-local IP binding
-  sysctl: name="net.ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind" value=1 sysctl_set=yes
+- name: Setting sysctl values
+  sysctl: name={{ item.name }} value={{ item.value }} sysctl_set=yes
+  with_items:
+    - { name: "net.ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind", value: 1}
+    - { name: "net.unix.max_dgram_qlen", value: 128}
   when: set_sysctl | bool
 
 - name: Ensuring config directories exist
diff --git a/docker/haproxy/extend_start.sh b/docker/haproxy/extend_start.sh
index 16a65c0afa..c1914bb9ea 100644
--- a/docker/haproxy/extend_start.sh
+++ b/docker/haproxy/extend_start.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Set datagram receiving queue length to 128 for haproxy's socket
-sysctl net.unix.max_dgram_qlen=128
-
 # We are intentionally not using exec so we can reload the haproxy config later
 echo "Running command: '${CMD}'"
 $CMD