diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index b12610d56..87e1379a7 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		  verify_audit
 		  perl_action_helper
 		  perl_action_tcp_helper
+		  check_state
 	       );
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw( initialize process_rule );
@@ -2428,6 +2429,8 @@ sub process_rule ( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
 	    #
 	    # First reference to this tuple
 	    #
+	    $actionresult = 0;
+
 	    process_action( $ref, $chain );
 	    #
 	    # Processing the action may determine that the action or one of it's dependents does NAT or HELPER, so:
@@ -2456,6 +2459,8 @@ sub process_rule ( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
 	#
 	@columns = ( $source, $dest, $proto, $ports, $sports, $origdest, $ratelimit, $user, $mark, $connlimit, $time, $headers, $condition, $helper, $wildcard );
 
+	$actionresult = 0;
+
 	my $generated = process_inline( $basictarget,
 					$chainref,
 					$rule,
@@ -2657,6 +2662,41 @@ sub process_rule ( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
     return 1;
 }
 
+
+#
+# Check the passed connection state for conflict with the current section
+#
+# Returns true of the state is compatible with the section
+#
+sub check_state( $ ) {
+    my $state = $_[0];
+
+    if ( $section == BLACKLIST_SECTION ) {
+	my $blacklist_states = $globals{BLACKLIST_STATES};
+	return 1 if $blacklist_states eq 'ALL';
+	return 2 if $blacklist_states eq $state;
+	for ( split ',', $blacklist_states ) {
+	    return 1 if $_ eq $state;
+	}
+    } else {
+	if ( ( $state eq 'ESTABLISHED' ) || 
+	     ( $state =~ /^(?:INVALID|UNTRACKED|RELATED)$/ && $globals{"${state}_DISPOSITION"} ) ) {
+	    my $sections = $actparms{0}->{sections};
+
+	    if ( $sections ) {
+		my $sectionnumber = ( $section_map{$state} || 0 );
+		return 0 if $sectionnumber & $sections;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if ( $section & ( NEW_SECTION | DEFAULTACTION_SECTION ) ) {
+	    return ( $state =~ /^(?:INVALID|UNTRACKED|NEW)$/ );
+	} else {
+	    return 2 if $state eq $section_rmap{$section};
+	}
+    }
+}
+
 #
 # Helper for the perl_action_xxx functions
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Established b/Shorewall/action.Established
index 3e8d2deec..80482250a 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Established
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Established
@@ -40,10 +40,9 @@ use Shorewall::Rules qw( process_rule1 );
 
 my ( $action ) = get_action_params( 1 );
 
-perl_action_helper(
-		   $action,                             # Target
-		   "$globals{STATEMATCH} ESTABLISHED",  # Matches
-		  );
+if ( my $state = check_state( 'ESTABLISHED' ) ) {
+    perl_action_helper( $action, $check == 1 ? "$globals{STATEMATCH} ESTABLISHED" : '' );
+}
 
 1;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Invalid b/Shorewall/action.Invalid
index 3cde88f01..e7b35fa75 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Invalid
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Invalid
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ my ( $action, $audit ) = get_action_params( 2 );
 if ( supplied $audit ) {
      fatal_error "Invalid parameter ($audit) to action Invalid" if $audit ne 'audit';
      $action = "A_$action";
-}    
+}
 
-perl_action_helper(
-		   $action,                         # Target
-		   "$globals{STATEMATCH} INVALID",  # Matches
-		  );
+if ( my $check = check_state( 'INVALID' ) ) {
+    perl_action_helper( $action, $check == 1 ? "$globals{STATEMATCH} INVALID" : '' );
+}
 
 1;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.NotSyn b/Shorewall/action.NotSyn
index 8def649e2..b7a1f2634 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.NotSyn
+++ b/Shorewall/action.NotSyn
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ use Shorewall::Rules;
 my ( $action, $audit ) = get_action_params( 2 );
 
 if ( supplied $audit ) {
-     fatal_error "Invalid parameter ($audit) to action Invalid" if $audit ne 'audit';
+     fatal_error "Invalid parameter ($audit) to action NotSyn" if $audit ne 'audit';
      $action = "A_$action";
 }    
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.RST b/Shorewall/action.RST
index b2463321a..499859b19 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.RST
+++ b/Shorewall/action.RST
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use Shorewall::Rules;
 my ( $action, $audit ) = get_action_params( 2 );
 
 if ( supplied $audit ) {
-     fatal_error "Invalid parameter ($audit) to action Invalid" if $audit ne 'audit';
+     fatal_error "Invalid parameter ($audit) to action RST" if $audit ne 'audit';
      $action = "A_$action";
 }    
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Related b/Shorewall/action.Related
index 8366c4045..e864018cc 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Related
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Related
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ use Shorewall::Rules qw( process_rule1 );
 
 my ( $action ) = get_action_params( 1 );
 
-perl_action_helper( 
-		   $action,                         # Target
-		   "$globals{STATEMATCH} RELATED",  # Matches
-		  );
+if ( my $state = check_state( 'RELATED' ) ) {
+    perl_action_helper( $action, $check == 1 ? "$globals{STATEMATCH} RELATED" : '' );
+}
 
 1;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.TCPFlags b/Shorewall/action.TCPFlags
index 8ba79c2a8..ff2dbd4ed 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.TCPFlags
+++ b/Shorewall/action.TCPFlags
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ my ( $action, $audit ) = get_action_params( 2 );
 my $chainref        = get_action_chain;
 
 if ( supplied $audit ) {
-     fatal_error "Invalid parameter ($audit) to action Invalid" if $audit ne 'audit';
+     fatal_error "Invalid parameter ($audit) to action TCPFlags" if $audit ne 'audit';
      $action = "A_$action";
 }    
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Untracked b/Shorewall/action.Untracked
index 28e7e56c9..2a6e1e2c3 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Untracked
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Untracked
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ my ( $level, $tag ) = get_action_logging;
 
 $action = join( ':', $action, $level, $tag ) if "${level}${tag}";
 
-perl_action_helper(
-		   $action,                            # Target
-		   "$globals{STATEMATCH} UNTRACKED ",  # Matches
-		  );
-
+if ( my $check = check_state( 'UNTRACKED' ) {
+    perl_action_helper( $action, $check == 1 ? "$globals{STATEMATCH} UNTRACKED" : '' );
+}
 
 allow_optimize( get_action_chain );