diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 2ea15b995..2ad52d14c 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -8607,6 +8607,11 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_register_init(lua_State *L)
 
 	MAY_LJMP(check_args(L, 1, "register_init"));
 
+	if (hlua_gethlua(L)) {
+		/* runtime processing */
+		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "register_init: not available outside of body context"));
+	}
+
 	ref = MAY_LJMP(hlua_checkfunction(L, 1));
 
 	init = calloc(1, sizeof(*init));
@@ -8974,6 +8979,11 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_register_converters(lua_State *L)
 
 	MAY_LJMP(check_args(L, 2, "register_converters"));
 
+	if (hlua_gethlua(L)) {
+		/* runtime processing */
+		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "register_converters: not available outside of body context"));
+	}
+
 	/* First argument : converter name. */
 	name = MAY_LJMP(luaL_checkstring(L, 1));
 
@@ -9053,6 +9063,11 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_register_fetches(lua_State *L)
 
 	MAY_LJMP(check_args(L, 2, "register_fetches"));
 
+	if (hlua_gethlua(L)) {
+		/* runtime processing */
+		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "register_fetches: not available outside of body context"));
+	}
+
 	/* First argument : sample-fetch name. */
 	name = MAY_LJMP(luaL_checkstring(L, 1));
 
@@ -9894,6 +9909,11 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_register_action(lua_State *L)
 	if (lua_gettop(L) < 3 || lua_gettop(L) > 4)
 		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "'register_action' needs between 3 and 4 arguments"));
 
+	if (hlua_gethlua(L)) {
+		/* runtime processing */
+		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "register_action: not available outside of body context"));
+	}
+
 	/* First argument : converter name. */
 	name = MAY_LJMP(luaL_checkstring(L, 1));
 
@@ -10060,6 +10080,11 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_register_service(lua_State *L)
 
 	MAY_LJMP(check_args(L, 3, "register_service"));
 
+	if (hlua_gethlua(L)) {
+		/* runtime processing */
+		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "register_service: not available outside of body context"));
+	}
+
 	/* First argument : converter name. */
 	name = MAY_LJMP(luaL_checkstring(L, 1));
 
@@ -10337,6 +10362,11 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_register_cli(lua_State *L)
 
 	MAY_LJMP(check_args(L, 3, "register_cli"));
 
+	if (hlua_gethlua(L)) {
+		/* runtime processing */
+		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "register_cli: not available outside of body context"));
+	}
+
 	/* First argument : an array of maximum 5 keywords. */
 	if (!lua_istable(L, 1))
 		WILL_LJMP(luaL_argerror(L, 1, "1st argument must be a table"));
@@ -11154,6 +11184,11 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_register_filter(lua_State *L)
 
 	MAY_LJMP(check_args(L, 3, "register_filter"));
 
+	if (hlua_gethlua(L)) {
+		/* runtime processing */
+		WILL_LJMP(luaL_error(L, "register_filter: not available outside of body context"));
+	}
+
 	/* First argument : filter name. */
 	name = MAY_LJMP(luaL_checkstring(L, 1));