diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
index 4dacd9058..1a49d3304 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
@@ -692,6 +692,16 @@ func (st *ServerType) serversFromPairings(
 			return specificity(iLongestHost) > specificity(jLongestHost)
 		})
 
+		// collect all hosts that have a wildcard in them
+		wildcardHosts := []string{}
+		for _, sblock := range p.serverBlocks {
+			for _, addr := range sblock.parsedKeys {
+				if strings.HasPrefix(addr.Host, "*.") {
+					wildcardHosts = append(wildcardHosts, addr.Host[2:])
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		var hasCatchAllTLSConnPolicy, addressQualifiesForTLS bool
 		autoHTTPSWillAddConnPolicy := srv.AutoHTTPS == nil || !srv.AutoHTTPS.Disabled
 
@@ -777,13 +787,6 @@ func (st *ServerType) serversFromPairings(
 				}
 			}
 
-			wildcardHosts := []string{}
-			for _, addr := range sblock.parsedKeys {
-				if strings.HasPrefix(addr.Host, "*.") {
-					wildcardHosts = append(wildcardHosts, addr.Host[2:])
-				}
-			}
-
 			for _, addr := range sblock.parsedKeys {
 				// if server only uses HTTP port, auto-HTTPS will not apply
 				if listenersUseAnyPortOtherThan(srv.Listen, httpPort) {
@@ -799,18 +802,6 @@ func (st *ServerType) serversFromPairings(
 					}
 				}
 
-				// If prefer wildcard is enabled, then we add hosts that are
-				// already covered by the wildcard to the skip list
-				if srv.AutoHTTPS != nil && srv.AutoHTTPS.PreferWildcard && addr.Scheme == "https" {
-					baseDomain := addr.Host
-					if idx := strings.Index(baseDomain, "."); idx != -1 {
-						baseDomain = baseDomain[idx+1:]
-					}
-					if !strings.HasPrefix(addr.Host, "*.") && slices.Contains(wildcardHosts, baseDomain) {
-						srv.AutoHTTPS.Skip = append(srv.AutoHTTPS.Skip, addr.Host)
-					}
-				}
-
 				// If TLS is specified as directive, it will also result in 1 or more connection policy being created
 				// Thus, catch-all address with non-standard port, e.g. :8443, can have TLS enabled without
 				// specifying prefix "https://"
@@ -827,6 +818,19 @@ func (st *ServerType) serversFromPairings(
 					(addr.Scheme != "http" && addr.Port != httpPort && hasTLSEnabled) {
 					addressQualifiesForTLS = true
 				}
+
+				// If prefer wildcard is enabled, then we add hosts that are
+				// already covered by the wildcard to the skip list
+				if addressQualifiesForTLS && srv.AutoHTTPS != nil && srv.AutoHTTPS.PreferWildcard {
+					baseDomain := addr.Host
+					if idx := strings.Index(baseDomain, "."); idx != -1 {
+						baseDomain = baseDomain[idx+1:]
+					}
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(addr.Host, "*.") && slices.Contains(wildcardHosts, baseDomain) {
+						srv.AutoHTTPS.Skip = append(srv.AutoHTTPS.Skip, addr.Host)
+					}
+				}
+
 				// predict whether auto-HTTPS will add the conn policy for us; if so, we
 				// may not need to add one for this server
 				autoHTTPSWillAddConnPolicy = autoHTTPSWillAddConnPolicy &&
diff --git a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/auto_https_prefer_wildcard.caddyfiletest b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/auto_https_prefer_wildcard.caddyfiletest
index 8880d71ae..21c2f9230 100644
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/auto_https_prefer_wildcard.caddyfiletest
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/auto_https_prefer_wildcard.caddyfiletest
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ foo.example.com {
 						}
 					],
 					"automatic_https": {
+						"skip": [
+							"foo.example.com"
+						],
 						"prefer_wildcard": true
 					}
 				}