diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
index 9a110cdaa..ad769996b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
@@ -817,6 +817,12 @@ sub add_group_to_zone($$$$$)
     $zoneref->{interfaces}{$interface} = 1;
     $zoneref->{destonly} ||= $interfaceref->{options}{destonly};
     $options->{destonly} ||= $interfaceref->{options}{destonly};
+    #
+    # Make 'find_hosts_by_option()' work correctly for this zone
+    #
+    for ( qw/blacklist maclist nosmurfs tcpflags/ ) {
+	$options->{$_} = $interfaceref->{options}{$_} if $interfaceref->{options}{$_} && ! exists $options->{$_};
+    }
 
     $interfaceref->{zones}{$zone} = 1;
 
@@ -851,13 +857,6 @@ sub add_group_to_zone($$$$$)
 		if ( $host eq ALLIP ) {
 		    fatal_error "Duplicate Host Group ($interface:$host) in zone $zone" if @newnetworks;
 		    $interfaces{$interface}{zone} = $zone;
-		    #
-		    # Make 'find_hosts_by_option()' work correctly for this zone
-		    #
-		    for ( qw/blacklist maclist nosmurfs tcpflags/ ) {
-			$options->{$_} = $interfaceref->{options}{$_} if $interfaceref->{options}{$_};
-		    }
-
 		    $allip = 1;
 		}
 	    }