diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm
index fad5e354e..c349071fb 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Proc.pm
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ sub setup_martian_logging() {
 	if ( $config{LOG_MARTIANS} ) {
 	    emit 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians';
 	    emit 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/default/log_martians';
+	} else {
+	    emit 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians';
+	    emit 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/default/log_martians';
 	}
 
     }