diff --git a/internal/dnsforward/dns.go b/internal/dnsforward/dns.go
index 76196da2ec4..5d6fdf492a8 100644
--- a/internal/dnsforward/dns.go
+++ b/internal/dnsforward/dns.go
@@ -532,7 +532,6 @@ func (s *Server) processUpstream(ctx *dnsContext) (rc resultCode) {
 	}
 
 	// request was not filtered so let it be processed further
-	s.recDetector.add(*req)
 	if ctx.err = s.dnsProxy.Resolve(d); ctx.err != nil {
 		return resultCodeError
 	}