--- iterator/iterator.c.orig 2018-09-27 09:34:59.172987934 +0000 +++ iterator/iterator.c 2018-09-27 09:36:17.771629787 +0000 @@ -2061,7 +2061,8 @@ return 0; } - if(iq->minimisation_state == INIT_MINIMISE_STATE) { + if(iq->minimisation_state == INIT_MINIMISE_STATE + && !(iq->chase_flags & BIT_RD)) { /* (Re)set qinfo_out to (new) delegation point, except when * qinfo_out is already a subdomain of dp. This happens when * increasing by more than one label at once (QNAMEs with more @@ -2586,7 +2587,8 @@ sock_list_insert(&qstate->reply_origin, &qstate->reply->addr, qstate->reply->addrlen, qstate->region); - if(iq->minimisation_state != DONOT_MINIMISE_STATE) { + if(iq->minimisation_state != DONOT_MINIMISE_STATE + && !(iq->chase_flags & BIT_RD)) { if(FLAGS_GET_RCODE(iq->response->rep->flags) != LDNS_RCODE_NOERROR) { if(qstate->env->cfg->qname_minimisation_strict)