diff --git a/server/confpars.c b/server/confpars.c

index d79489b..c20d618 100644

--- a/server/confpars.c

+++ b/server/confpars.c

@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ isc_result_t read_conf_file (const char *filename, struct group *group,

 	cfile = (struct parse *)0;

 #if defined (TRACING)

+	// No need to dmalloc huge memory region if we're not going to re-play

+	if (!trace_playback()){

+		status = new_parse(&cfile, file, NULL, 0, filename, 0);

+		goto noreplay;

+	};

 	flen = lseek (file, (off_t)0, SEEK_END);

 	if (flen < 0) {

 	      boom:

@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@ isc_result_t read_conf_file (const char *filename, struct group *group,

 #else

 	status = new_parse(&cfile, file, NULL, 0, filename, 0);

 #endif

+      noreplay:

 	if (status != ISC_R_SUCCESS || cfile == NULL)

 		return status;

diff --git a/server/confpars.c b/server/confpars.c

index 3aecd05..5be4ab1 100644

--- a/server/confpars.c

+++ b/server/confpars.c

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ isc_result_t read_conf_file (const char *filename, struct group *group,

 	if (trace_record ())

 		trace_write_packet (ttype, ulen + tflen + 1, dbuf, MDL);

 	status = new_parse(&cfile, -1, fbuf, ulen, filename, 0); /* XXX */

+	dfree(dbuf, MDL);

 #else

 	status = new_parse(&cfile, file, NULL, 0, filename, 0);

 #endif

@@ -188,9 +189,6 @@ isc_result_t read_conf_file (const char *filename, struct group *group,

 	else

 		status = conf_file_subparse (cfile, group, group_type);

 	end_parse (&cfile);

-#if defined (TRACING)

-	dfree (dbuf, MDL);

-#endif

 	return status;

 }