diff --git a/rc.d/allow_hosts b/rc.d/allow_hosts
index 971f689..cf243cf 100755
--- a/rc.d/allow_hosts
+++ b/rc.d/allow_hosts
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ allow_hosts_start()
 {
     echo "Running allow hosts"
     echo "include \"${allow_hosts_rules}\"" > ${rc_router_gen_dir}/pf.rules.conf
-    pfctl -a allow-hosts -f ${allow_hosts_rules}
+	if [ -n "$( pfctl -s Anchor | grep '\<allow-hosts\>' )" ]
+	then
+		pfctl -a allow-hosts -f ${allow_hosts_rules}
+	fi
 }
 
 allow_hosts_stop()