diff --git a/modules/dialog/dialog.c b/modules/dialog/dialog.c
index d6400d56619..6157e2ad19e 100644
--- a/modules/dialog/dialog.c
+++ b/modules/dialog/dialog.c
@@ -909,10 +909,6 @@ static int mod_init(void)
 
 
 
-static void rpc_load_dlg_db(int sender, void *param)
-{
-	load_dlg_db(dlg_hash_size);
-}
 
 static int child_init(int rank)
 {
@@ -925,10 +921,6 @@ static int child_init(int rank)
 			LM_ERR("failed to connect to database (rank=%d)\n",rank);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		if (rank == 1 && ipc_dispatch_rpc(rpc_load_dlg_db, NULL) < 0) {
-			LM_CRIT("failed to RPC the dialogs loading\n");
-			return -1;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (cdb_url.s && cdb_url.len && init_cachedb() < 0) {
diff --git a/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c b/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c
index 6643e567690..62b0f8b418b 100644
--- a/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c
+++ b/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ int init_dlg_db(const str *db_url, int dlg_hash_size , int db_update_period)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	dialog_dbf.close(dialog_db_handle);
-	dialog_db_handle = 0;
-
 	if (dlg_db_mode == DB_MODE_DELAYED) {
 		if (register_timer("dlg-dbupdate",dialog_update_db,
 		(void*)(unsigned long)1 /*do locking*/,
@@ -196,16 +193,19 @@ int init_dlg_db(const str *db_url, int dlg_hash_size , int db_update_period)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void load_dlg_db(int dlg_hash_size)
-{
-	if( (load_dialog_info_from_db(dlg_hash_size) ) ==0 ){
-		if (dlg_db_mode==DB_MODE_SHUTDOWN && remove_all_dialogs_from_db()!=0)
-			LM_WARN("failed to properly remove all the dialogs form DB\n");
-	} else
+	if( (load_dialog_info_from_db(dlg_hash_size) ) !=0 ){
 		LM_ERR("unable to load the dialog data\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (dlg_db_mode==DB_MODE_SHUTDOWN && remove_all_dialogs_from_db()!=0) {
+		LM_WARN("failed to properly remove all the dialogs form DB\n");
+	}
+
+	dialog_dbf.close(dialog_db_handle);
+	dialog_db_handle = 0;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.h b/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.h
index 14dda8a3d82..8141001b0f8 100644
--- a/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.h
+++ b/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.h
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ extern int db_flush_vp;
 
 #define should_remove_dlg_db() (dlg_db_mode==DB_MODE_REALTIME)
 
-void load_dlg_db(int dlg_hash_size);
 int init_dlg_db(const str *db_url, int dlg_hash_size, int db_update_period);
 int dlg_connect_db(const str *db_url);
 void destroy_dlg_db();