diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 31ccfd004..9b8c3cd64 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -3288,7 +3288,7 @@ sub check_state( $ ) {
 sub merge_target( $$ ) {
     my ( $ref, $target ) = @_;
 
-    $ref->{inline} ? $target : merge_levels( join( ':', @actparams{'chain','loglevel','logtag'}), $target );
+    merge_levels( join( ':', @actparams{'chain','loglevel','logtag'}), $target );
 }
 
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