diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 0bee31c0e64..3961770ca88 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION:=2.81rc3
 PKG_VERSION:=$(subst test,~~test,$(subst rc,~rc,$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION)))
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 1be60de860a..1051087e05a 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -964,10 +964,9 @@ dnsmasq_start()
 		xappend "--conf-file=$TRUSTANCHORSFILE"
 		xappend "--dnssec"
 		[ -x /etc/init.d/sysntpd ] && {
-			/etc/init.d/sysntpd enabled
-			[ "$?" -ne 0 -o "$(uci_get system.ntp.enabled)" = "1" ] && {
+			if /etc/init.d/sysntpd enabled || [ "$(uci_get system.ntp.enabled)" = "1" ] ; then
 				[ -f "$TIMEVALIDFILE" ] || xappend "--dnssec-no-timecheck"
-			}
+			fi
 		}
 		config_get_bool dnsseccheckunsigned "$cfg" dnsseccheckunsigned 1
 		[ "$dnsseccheckunsigned" -eq 0 ] && xappend "--dnssec-check-unsigned=no"