diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index cb7c7c0d..6f4afbdc 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ void service_mark_unavail(void)
 		if (!svc->ifstmt[0])
 			continue;
 
-		if (!svc_ifthen(svc_ident(svc, buf, sizeof(buf)), svc->ifstmt))
+		if (!svc_ifthen(1, svc_ident(svc, buf, sizeof(buf)), svc->ifstmt))
 			svc_mark(svc);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/svc.c b/src/svc.c
index 02d786b8..50b7f17a 100644
--- a/src/svc.c
+++ b/src/svc.c
@@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ int svc_enabled(svc_t *svc)
 	if (svc_is_missing(svc))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!svc_ifthen(0, NULL, svc->ifstmt))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (svc_is_tty(svc) && bootstrap)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -688,13 +691,14 @@ int svc_conflicts(svc_t *svc)
 
 /**
  * svc_ifthen - Check if: statement in declaration
+ * @is_conf: Set when called by service_mark_unavail()
  * @ident:   svc_t identififcation (name:id)
  * @stmt:    if: statement from .conf file
  *
  * Returns:
  * %TRUE(1) yes, use this svc_t, %FALSE(0) prune
  */
-int svc_ifthen(const char *ident, char *stmt)
+int svc_ifthen(int is_conf, const char *ident, char *stmt)
 {
 	int not = 0;
 	svc_t *svc;
@@ -707,6 +711,9 @@ int svc_ifthen(const char *ident, char *stmt)
 		char *ptr = ++stmt;
 		int i = 0;
 
+		if (is_conf)
+			return 1;
+
 		if (stmt[0] == '!') {
 			stmt++;
 			not++;
@@ -724,6 +731,9 @@ int svc_ifthen(const char *ident, char *stmt)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (!is_conf)
+		return 1;
+
 	if (stmt[0] == '!') {
 		stmt++;
 		not++;
diff --git a/src/svc.h b/src/svc.h
index 40611cfb..5aaaadaa 100644
--- a/src/svc.h
+++ b/src/svc.h
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ void	    svc_prune_bootstrap	   (void);
 void        svc_enable             (svc_t *svc);
 int         svc_enabled            (svc_t *svc);
 int         svc_conflicts          (svc_t *svc);
-int         svc_ifthen             (const char *ident, char *ifstm);
+int         svc_ifthen             (int is_conf, const char *ident, char *stmt);
 
 int         svc_parse_jobstr       (char *str, size_t len, void *user_data, int (*found)(svc_t *, void *), int (not_found)(char *, char *, void *));