diff --git a/named/named_makeforw.in b/named/named_makeforw.in
index d0604e6043db860c0076f82b110c8fb36a11ff32..9b60da0ff5f58ec6b8cfbe0f829a700c0f2d19c8 100755
--- a/named/named_makeforw.in
+++ b/named/named_makeforw.in
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ while (<IF>) {
 		}
 	    }
 	    elsif ($2 eq "fsnode_mx") {
-		if ("$USERNODE_IP" ne "$FSNODE_IP") {
+		if ("$USERNODE_IP" ne "$FSNODE_IP" &&
+                    "$BOSSNODE_IP" ne "$FSNODE_IP") {
 		    $internal_strings .= ${MXSTR};
 		    $external_strings .= ${MXSTR};
 		} else {