diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index c6ee18d0..1ee54e5a 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 		strlcat(ident, id, sizeof(ident));
 	}
 
-	if (ifstmt && !svc_ifthen(1, ident, ifstmt))
+	if (ifstmt && !svc_ifthen(1, ident, ifstmt, nowarn))
 		return 0;
 
 	levels = conf_parse_runlevels(runlevels);
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ void service_mark_unavail(void)
 		if (!svc->ifstmt[0])
 			continue;
 
-		if (!svc_ifthen(1, svc_ident(svc, buf, sizeof(buf)), svc->ifstmt))
+		if (!svc_ifthen(1, svc_ident(svc, buf, sizeof(buf)), svc->ifstmt, svc->nowarn))
 			svc_mark(svc);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/svc.c b/src/svc.c
index 001993de..6bb90049 100644
--- a/src/svc.c
+++ b/src/svc.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ int svc_enabled(svc_t *svc)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!svc_ifthen(0, NULL, svc->ifstmt)) {
+	if (!svc_ifthen(0, NULL, svc->ifstmt, svc->nowarn)) {
 //		dbg("ifthen:%s>", svc->ifstmt[0] ? svc->ifstmt : "<");
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -704,11 +704,12 @@ int svc_conflicts(svc_t *svc)
  * @is_conf: Set when called by service_mark_unavail()
  * @ident:   svc_t identififcation (name:id)
  * @stmt:    if: statement from .conf file
+ * @quiet:   If non-zero, do not warn in syslog
  *
  * Returns:
  * %TRUE(1) yes, use this svc_t, %FALSE(0) prune
  */
-int svc_ifthen(int is_conf, const char *ident, char *stmt)
+int svc_ifthen(int is_conf, const char *ident, char *stmt, int quiet)
 {
 	char stmts[MAX_IDENT_LEN];
 	int not = 0;
diff --git a/src/svc.h b/src/svc.h
index f94a30e5..520aabcc 100644
--- a/src/svc.h
+++ b/src/svc.h
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ 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             (int is_conf, const char *ident, char *stmt);
+int         svc_ifthen             (int is_conf, const char *ident, char *stmt, int quiet);
 
 int         svc_parse_jobstr       (char *str, size_t len, void *user_data, int (*found)(svc_t *, void *), int (not_found)(char *, char *, void *));