diff --git a/src/openvpn/forward.c b/src/openvpn/forward.c
index 7ac878f9..27a40b0c 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/forward.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/forward.c
@@ -679,7 +679,11 @@ process_coarse_timers(struct context *c)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef PLUGIN_PF
-    pf_check_reload(c);
+    if (c->c2.pf.enabled
+        && event_timeout_trigger(&c->c2.pf.reload, &c->c2.timeval, ETT_DEFAULT))
+    {
+        pf_check_reload(c);
+    }
 #endif
 
     /* process --route options */
diff --git a/src/openvpn/pf.c b/src/openvpn/pf.c
index b8da26e4..f9bbfb50 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/pf.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/pf.c
@@ -547,9 +547,7 @@ pf_check_reload(struct context *c)
     const int wakeup_transition = 60;
     bool reloaded = false;
 
-    if (c->c2.pf.enabled
-        && c->c2.pf.filename
-        && event_timeout_trigger(&c->c2.pf.reload, &c->c2.timeval, ETT_DEFAULT))
+    if (c->c2.pf.filename)
     {
         platform_stat_t s;
         if (!platform_stat(c->c2.pf.filename, &s))