diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 27471917d1..615f80a34c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5945.	[bug]		If parsing /etc/bind.key failed, delv could assert
+			when trying to parse the built in trust anchors as
+			the parser hadn't been reset. [GL !6468]
+
 5944.	[bug]		Fix +http-plain-get and +http-plain-post options
 			support in dig. Thanks to Marco Davids at SIDN for
 			reporting the problem. [GL !6672]
diff --git a/bin/delv/delv.c b/bin/delv/delv.c
index bfdc975e88..f83501578c 100644
--- a/bin/delv/delv.c
+++ b/bin/delv/delv.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ setup_dnsseckeys(dns_client_t *client) {
 
 		isc_buffer_init(&b, anchortext, sizeof(anchortext) - 1);
 		isc_buffer_add(&b, sizeof(anchortext) - 1);
+		cfg_parser_reset(parser);
 		result = cfg_parse_buffer(parser, &b, NULL, 0,
 					  &cfg_type_bindkeys, 0, &bindkeys);
 		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {