diff --git a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml
index 5beeab7a7..02a1834a7 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml
+++ b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@
                         <active>active [default]</active>
                         <backup>backup</backup>
                         <disabled>disabled</disabled>
-                        <inactive>inactive</inactive>
                     </OptionValues>
                 </mode>
                 <ssl type="BooleanField">
diff --git a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf
index 92ca36ba1..489848f5f 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf
+++ b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf
@@ -783,7 +783,9 @@ backend {{backend.name}}
 {#         # server weight #}
 {%         do server_options.append('weight ' ~ server_data.weight) if server_data.weight|default("") != "" %}
 {#         # server role/mode #}
-{%         do server_options.append(server_data.mode) if server_data.mode|default("") != "active" %}
+{%         if server_data.mode|default("") != 'active' %}
+{%           do server_options.append(server_data.mode) %}
+{%         endif %}
 {#         # server ssl communication #}
 {%         if server_data.ssl|default("") == '1' %}
 {%           do server_options.append('ssl') %}