diff --git a/bin/named/zoneconf.c b/bin/named/zoneconf.c
index 2bf83f7f64..a8aad331c6 100644
--- a/bin/named/zoneconf.c
+++ b/bin/named/zoneconf.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ named_zone_configure(const cfg_obj_t *config, const cfg_obj_t *vconfig,
 			dns_zone_setoption(raw, DNS_ZONEOPT_IXFRFROMDIFFS,
 					   ISC_TRUE);
 			dns_zone_setoption(zone, DNS_ZONEOPT_IXFRFROMDIFFS,
-					   ISC_TRUE);
+					   ISC_FALSE);
 		} else
 			dns_zone_setoption(zone, DNS_ZONEOPT_IXFRFROMDIFFS,
 					   ixfrdiff);