diff --git a/etc/inc/util.inc b/etc/inc/util.inc
index fad6321e06..28d7f5ccc6 100644
--- a/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -1447,6 +1447,9 @@ function alias_expand_urltable($name) {
 	$urltable_prefix = "/var/db/aliastables/";
 	$urltable_filename = $urltable_prefix . $name . ".txt";
 
+	if (platform_booting())
+		return;
+
 	if (is_array($config['aliases']['alias'])) {
 		foreach ($config['aliases']['alias'] as $alias) {
 			if (preg_match("/urltable/i", $alias['type']) && ($alias['name'] == $name)) {
diff --git a/etc/rc.bootup b/etc/rc.bootup
index ae1f8f6d28..171f4b3f3b 100755
--- a/etc/rc.bootup
+++ b/etc/rc.bootup
@@ -448,9 +448,7 @@ unset($g['booting']);
 if ($ipsec_dynamic_hosts) {
 	vpn_ipsec_configure();
 }
-if ($ipsec_dynamic_hosts || !empty($filterdns)) {
-	filter_configure();
-}
+filter_configure();
 
 led_normalize();