diff --git a/plugins/network/ipset b/plugins/network/ipset
index b777351f..8f8adacc 100755
--- a/plugins/network/ipset
+++ b/plugins/network/ipset
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if [ "${1:-}" = "config" ]; then
 		echo "$list.label $list"
 		echo "$list.min 0"
 	done
-	exit 0
+	[ "${MUNIN_CAP_DIRTYCONFIG:-0}" = 1 ] || exit 0
 fi
 
 get_ipset_list | while read -r list; do