diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
index c64369b1d..879f76d7c 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
@@ -2512,9 +2512,9 @@ EOF
 	  "restore_default_route $config{USE_DEFAULT_RT}"
 	  );
 
-    my @chains = $config{ADMINISABSENTMINDED} ? qw/INPUT FORWARD/ : qw/INPUT OUTPUT FORWARD/;
-
-    add_ijump $filter_table ->{$_}, j => 'ACCEPT', state_imatch 'ESTABLISHED,RELATED' for @chains;
+    if ( $config{ADMINISABSENTMINDED} ) {
+	add_ijump $filter_table ->{$_}, j => 'ACCEPT', state_imatch 'ESTABLISHED,RELATED' for qw/INPUT FORWARD/;
+    }
 
     if ( $family == F_IPV6 ) {
 	add_ijump $input, j => 'ACCEPT', s => IPv6_LINKLOCAL;