diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1116a64ccf..2c2946cb66 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+4904.	[bug]		Temporarily revert change #4859. [GL #124]
+
 4903.	[bug]		"check-mx fail;" did not prevent MX records containing
 			IP addresses from being added to a zone by a dynamic
 			update. [GL #112]
diff --git a/lib/dns/validator.c b/lib/dns/validator.c
index 1659f8bbb5..0eee3507f0 100644
--- a/lib/dns/validator.c
+++ b/lib/dns/validator.c
@@ -1099,8 +1099,7 @@ check_deadlock(dns_validator_t *val, dns_name_t *name, dns_rdatatype_t type,
 
 	for (parent = val; parent != NULL; parent = parent->parent) {
 		if (parent->event != NULL &&
-		    (parent->event->type == type ||
-		     parent->event->type == dns_rdatatype_cname) &&
+		    parent->event->type == type &&
 		    dns_name_equal(parent->event->name, name) &&
 		    /*
 		     * As NSEC3 records are meta data you sometimes