--- 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)