diff --git a/changes/bug5604 b/changes/bug5604
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c72f3c859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug5604
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - Don't try to open non-control listeners when DisableNetwork is set.
+      Previousy, we'd open all listeners, then immediately close them.
+      Fixes bug 5604; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 27aa8a2f23..8a19ed6d44 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -1138,7 +1138,8 @@ options_act_reversible(const or_options_t *old_options, char **msg)
      * networking is disabled, this will close all but the control listeners,
      * but disable those. */
     if (!we_are_hibernating()) {
-      if (retry_all_listeners(replaced_listeners, new_listeners) < 0) {
+      if (retry_all_listeners(replaced_listeners, new_listeners,
+                              options->DisableNetwork) < 0) {
         *msg = tor_strdup("Failed to bind one of the listener ports.");
         goto rollback;
       }
diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c
index 0c970cc3b4..eb8b840eb7 100644
--- a/src/or/connection.c
+++ b/src/or/connection.c
@@ -1812,17 +1812,28 @@ connection_read_proxy_handshake(connection_t *conn)
  * entry in <b>ports</b>.  Add to <b>new_conns</b> new every connection we
  * launch.
  *
+ * If <b>control_listeners_only</b> is true, then we only open control
+ * listeners, and we do not remove any noncontrol listeners from old_conns.
+ *
  * Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
  **/
 static int
 retry_listener_ports(smartlist_t *old_conns,
                      const smartlist_t *ports,
-                     smartlist_t *new_conns)
+                     smartlist_t *new_conns,
+                     int control_listeners_only)
 {
   smartlist_t *launch = smartlist_new();
   int r = 0;
 
-  smartlist_add_all(launch, ports);
+  if (control_listeners_only) {
+    SMARTLIST_FOREACH(ports, port_cfg_t *, p, {
+        if (p->type == CONN_TYPE_CONTROL_LISTENER)
+          smartlist_add(launch, p);
+    });
+  } else {
+    smartlist_add_all(launch, ports);
+  }
 
   /* Iterate through old_conns, comparing it to launch: remove from both lists
    * each pair of elements that corresponds to the same port. */
@@ -1922,10 +1933,13 @@ retry_listener_ports(smartlist_t *old_conns,
  *
  * Add all old conns that should be closed to <b>replaced_conns</b>.
  * Add all new connections to <b>new_conns</b>.
+ *
+ * If <b>close_all_noncontrol</b> is true, then we only open control
+ * listeners, and we close all other listeners.
  */
 int
 retry_all_listeners(smartlist_t *replaced_conns,
-                    smartlist_t *new_conns)
+                    smartlist_t *new_conns, int close_all_noncontrol)
 {
   smartlist_t *listeners = smartlist_new();
   const or_options_t *options = get_options();
@@ -1940,7 +1954,8 @@ retry_all_listeners(smartlist_t *replaced_conns,
 
   if (retry_listener_ports(listeners,
                            get_configured_ports(),
-                           new_conns) < 0)
+                           new_conns,
+                           close_all_noncontrol) < 0)
     retval = -1;
 
   /* Any members that were still in 'listeners' don't correspond to
diff --git a/src/or/connection.h b/src/or/connection.h
index c4b8bf8abe..bdeefa2549 100644
--- a/src/or/connection.h
+++ b/src/or/connection.h
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ int get_proxy_addrport(tor_addr_t *addr, uint16_t *port, int *proxy_type,
                        const connection_t *conn);
 
 int retry_all_listeners(smartlist_t *replaced_conns,
-                        smartlist_t *new_conns);
+                        smartlist_t *new_conns,
+                        int close_all_noncontrol);
 
 void connection_mark_all_noncontrol_listeners(void);
 void connection_mark_all_noncontrol_connections(void);
diff --git a/src/or/main.c b/src/or/main.c
index 8308b3a238..ab537728f2 100644
--- a/src/or/main.c
+++ b/src/or/main.c
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ run_scheduled_events(time_t now)
 
   /** 3d. And every 60 seconds, we relaunch listeners if any died. */
   if (!net_is_disabled() && time_to_check_listeners < now) {
-    retry_all_listeners(NULL, NULL);
+    retry_all_listeners(NULL, NULL, 0);
     time_to_check_listeners = now+60;
   }