diff --git a/backend/ftp/ftp.go b/backend/ftp/ftp.go
index 2c0617911..d2b3c5fa3 100644
--- a/backend/ftp/ftp.go
+++ b/backend/ftp/ftp.go
@@ -456,9 +456,7 @@ func (f *Fs) ftpConnection(ctx context.Context) (c *ftp.ServerConn, err error) {
 			}
 		}()
 		baseDialer := fshttp.NewDialer(ctx)
-		if f.opt.SocksProxy != "" {
-			conn, err = proxy.SOCKS5Dial(network, address, f.opt.SocksProxy, baseDialer)
-		} else if f.proxyURL != nil {
+		if f.opt.SocksProxy != "" || f.proxyURL != nil {
 			// We need to make the onward connection to f.opt.Host. However the FTP
 			// library sets the host to the proxy IP after using EPSV or PASV so we need
 			// to correct that here.
@@ -468,7 +466,11 @@ func (f *Fs) ftpConnection(ctx context.Context) (c *ftp.ServerConn, err error) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			dialAddress := net.JoinHostPort(f.opt.Host, dialPort)
-			conn, err = proxy.HTTPConnectDial(network, dialAddress, f.proxyURL, baseDialer)
+			if f.opt.SocksProxy != "" {
+				conn, err = proxy.SOCKS5Dial(network, dialAddress, f.opt.SocksProxy, baseDialer)
+			} else {
+				conn, err = proxy.HTTPConnectDial(network, dialAddress, f.proxyURL, baseDialer)
+			}
 		} else {
 			conn, err = baseDialer.Dial(network, address)
 		}