diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/master.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/master.h
index 2e9966f8d0..0a317acee8 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/master.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/master.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ dns_master_loadfileasync(const char *master_file, dns_name_t *top,
  *
  * Returns:
  *\li	ISC_R_SUCCESS upon successfully loading the master file.
- *\li	ISC_R_SEENINCLUDE upon successfully loading the master file with
+ *\li	DNS_R_SEENINCLUDE upon successfully loading the master file with
  *		a $INCLUDE statement.
  *\li	ISC_R_NOMEMORY out of memory.
  *\li	ISC_R_UNEXPECTEDEND expected to be able to read a input token and
diff --git a/lib/dns/zone.c b/lib/dns/zone.c
index 3888f71252..e8f824359d 100644
--- a/lib/dns/zone.c
+++ b/lib/dns/zone.c
@@ -2653,13 +2653,13 @@ zone_startload(dns_db_t *db, dns_zone_t *zone, isc_time_t loadtime) {
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
+	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS && result != DNS_R_SEENINCLUDE) {
 		dns_zone_rpz_disable_db(zone, load->db);
 		dns_zone_catz_disable_db(zone, load->db);
 	}
 
 	tresult = dns_db_endload(db, &load->callbacks);
-	if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
+	if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS || result == DNS_R_SEENINCLUDE) {
 		result = tresult;
 	}