diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1865dbfcdf..365ee2fbf7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+1016.	[bug]		Slave zones with no backup file were re-transferred
+			on every server reload.
+
 1015.	[bug]		Log channels that had a "versions" option but no
 			"size" option failed to create numbered log
 			files. [RT #1783]
diff --git a/bin/named/zoneconf.c b/bin/named/zoneconf.c
index 799fda0842..7c3340e9d7 100644
--- a/bin/named/zoneconf.c
+++ b/bin/named/zoneconf.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: zoneconf.c,v 1.92 2001/09/08 00:21:36 gson Exp $ */
+/* $Id: zoneconf.c,v 1.93 2001/09/25 23:01:15 gson Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -631,9 +631,10 @@ ns_zone_reusable(dns_zone_t *zone, cfg_obj_t *zconfig) {
 	else
 		cfilename = NULL;
 	zfilename = dns_zone_getfile(zone);
-	if (cfilename == NULL || zfilename == NULL ||
-	    strcmp(cfilename, zfilename) != 0)
-		return (ISC_FALSE);
+	if (!((cfilename == NULL && zfilename == NULL) ||
+	      (cfilename != NULL && cfilename != NULL &&
+	       strcmp(cfilename, zfilename) == 0)))
+	    return (ISC_FALSE);
 
 	return (ISC_TRUE);
 }