diff --git a/src/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.c b/src/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.c
index 2cb2ddc0..869fa561 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ static void async_event(int pipe, time_t now)
 	if (daemon->log_file != NULL)
 	  log_reopen(daemon->log_file);
 
-	FTL_reset_per_client_domain_data();
+	FTL_reset_per_client_domain_data(true);
 	break;
 
       case EVENT_NEWADDR:
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq_interface.c b/src/dnsmasq_interface.c
index 37b672b0..ed2708e9 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq_interface.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq_interface.c
@@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ void FTL_dnsmasq_reload(void)
 	// only after having called gravityDB_open()
 	read_regex_from_database();
 
+	FTL_reset_per_client_domain_data(false);
+
 	// Print current set of capabilities if requested via debug flag
 	if(config.debug & DEBUG_CAPS)
 		check_capabilities();
@@ -1557,9 +1559,10 @@ static void prepare_blocking_metadata(void)
 	clearSetupVarsArray();
 }
 
-void FTL_reset_per_client_domain_data(void)
+void FTL_reset_per_client_domain_data(bool sigusr2)
 {
-	logg("Received SIGUSR2, resetting domain blocking data");
+	if(sigusr2)
+		logg("Received SIGUSR2, resetting domain blocking data");
 
 	for(int domainID = 0; domainID < counters->domains; domainID++)
 	{
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq_interface.h b/src/dnsmasq_interface.h
index 40822080..249c203e 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq_interface.h
+++ b/src/dnsmasq_interface.h
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ void _FTL_get_blocking_metadata(struct all_addr **addrp, unsigned int *flags, co
 void FTL_dnsmasq_reload(void);
 void FTL_fork_and_bind_sockets(struct passwd *ent_pw);
 
-void FTL_reset_per_client_domain_data(void);
+void FTL_reset_per_client_domain_data(bool sigusr2);
 
 #endif // DNSMASQ_INTERFACE_H