diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 101efd6963..5122e5939c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1092.	[bug]		libbind: get*by*() failed to check if res_init() had
+			been called.
+
 1091.	[bug]		libbind: misplaced va_end().
 
 1090.	[bug]		libbind: dns_ho.c:add_hostent() was not returning
diff --git a/lib/bind/irs/irs_data.c b/lib/bind/irs/irs_data.c
index a7463022c5..46aa548da3 100644
--- a/lib/bind/irs/irs_data.c
+++ b/lib/bind/irs/irs_data.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 #if !defined(LINT) && !defined(CODECENTER)
-static const char rcsid[] = "$Id: irs_data.c,v 1.3 2001/07/04 08:10:23 marka Exp $";
+static const char rcsid[] = "$Id: irs_data.c,v 1.4 2001/11/01 04:03:40 marka Exp $";
 #endif
 
 #include "port_before.h"
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ net_data_create(const char *conf_file) {
 	if (net_data->res == NULL)
 		return (NULL);
 
-	if (res_ninit(net_data->res) == -1)
+	if ((net_data->res->options & RES_INIT) == 0 &&
+	    res_ninit(net_data->res) == -1)
 		return (NULL);
 
 	return (net_data);