diff --git a/src/modules/permissions/permissions.c b/src/modules/permissions/permissions.c
index 7505bb3dd19..30637380d4a 100644
--- a/src/modules/permissions/permissions.c
+++ b/src/modules/permissions/permissions.c
@@ -648,8 +648,10 @@ static int mod_init(void)
 
 static int child_init(int rank)
 {
-	if (init_child_trusted(rank) == -1)
-		return -1;
+	if(_perm_load_backends&PERM_LOAD_TRUSTEDDB) {
+		if(init_child_trusted(rank) == -1)
+			return -1;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }