diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 9a24fdef2..a9c50afbe 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+22 June 2015: Wouter
+	- Fix #677 Fix CNAME corresponding to a DNAME was checked incorrectly
+	  and was therefore always synthesized (thanks to Valentin Dietrich).
+
 4 June 2015: Wouter
 	- RFC 7553 RR type URI support, is now enabled by default.
 
diff --git a/iterator/iter_scrub.c b/iterator/iter_scrub.c
index e9db19482..cc05867c0 100644
--- a/iterator/iter_scrub.c
+++ b/iterator/iter_scrub.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ scrub_normalize(sldns_buffer* pkt, struct msg_parse* msg,
 				/* check next cname */
 				uint8_t* t = NULL;
 				size_t tlen = 0;
-				if(!parse_get_cname_target(rrset, &t, &tlen))
+				if(!parse_get_cname_target(nx, &t, &tlen))
 					return 0;
 				if(dname_pkt_compare(pkt, alias, t) == 0) {
 					/* it's OK and better capitalized */