diff --git a/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.cc b/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.cc
index 837fd509f6ed..c7cec262bf1d 100644
--- a/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.cc
+++ b/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.cc
@@ -1015,17 +1015,9 @@ void Bind2Backend::lookup(const QType &qtype, const DNSName &qname, DNSPacket *p
   bool found=false;
   BB2DomainInfo bbd;
 
-  if (zoneId != -1) {
-    found = safeGetBBDomainInfo(zoneId, &bbd);
-    if (found) {
-      domain = bbd.d_name;
-    }
-  }
-  else {
-    do {
-      found = safeGetBBDomainInfo(domain, &bbd);
-    } while (!found && domain.chopOff());
-  }
+  do {
+    found = safeGetBBDomainInfo(domain, &bbd);
+  } while ((!found || (zoneId != (int)bbd.d_id && zoneId != -1)) && domain.chopOff());
 
   if(!found) {
     if(mustlog)