diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5712b11dca..5691623dcc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+3498.	[bug]		zone statistics for zones which matched a potential
+			empty zone could have their zone-statistics setting
+			overridden.
+
 3496.	[func]		Improvements to RPZ performance. The "response-policy"
 			syntax now includes a "min-ns-dots" clause, with
 			default 1, to exclude top-level domains from
diff --git a/bin/named/server.c b/bin/named/server.c
index ce87a0cb1c..ab4bf4999a 100644
--- a/bin/named/server.c
+++ b/bin/named/server.c
@@ -2951,7 +2951,6 @@ configure_view(dns_view_t *view, cfg_obj_t *config, cfg_obj_t *vconfig,
 			 */
 			(void)dns_view_findzone(view, name, &zone);
 			if (zone != NULL) {
-				CHECK(setquerystats(zone, mctx, zonestats_on));
 				dns_zone_detach(&zone);
 				continue;
 			}