diff --git a/changes/bug11200-caching b/changes/bug11200-caching
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3fbaeca73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug11200-caching
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+  o Major bugfixes:
+    - When Tor starts with DisabledNetwork set, it would correctly
+      conclude that it shouldn't try making circuits, but it would
+      mistakenly cache this conclusion and continue believing it even
+      when DisableNetwork is set to 0. Fixes the bug introduced by the
+      fix for bug 11200; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
+
diff --git a/src/or/nodelist.c b/src/or/nodelist.c
index 8f870816d2..7b1f338bd4 100644
--- a/src/or/nodelist.c
+++ b/src/or/nodelist.c
@@ -1275,10 +1275,21 @@ static char dir_info_status[256] = "";
 int
 router_have_minimum_dir_info(void)
 {
+  static int logged_delay=0;
+  const char *delay_fetches_msg = NULL;
+  if (should_delay_dir_fetches(get_options(), &delay_fetches_msg)) {
+    if (!logged_delay)
+      log_notice(LD_DIR, "Delaying directory fetches: %s", delay_fetches_msg);
+    logged_delay=1;
+    strlcpy(dir_info_status, delay_fetches_msg,  sizeof(dir_info_status));
+    return 0;
+  }
+  logged_delay = 0; /* reset it if we get this far */
+
   if (PREDICT_UNLIKELY(need_to_update_have_min_dir_info)) {
     update_router_have_minimum_dir_info();
-    need_to_update_have_min_dir_info = 0;
   }
+
   return have_min_dir_info;
 }
 
@@ -1498,7 +1509,6 @@ update_router_have_minimum_dir_info(void)
   const networkstatus_t *consensus =
     networkstatus_get_reasonably_live_consensus(now,usable_consensus_flavor());
   int using_md;
-  const char *delay_fetches_msg = NULL;
 
   if (!consensus) {
     if (!networkstatus_get_latest_consensus())
@@ -1511,13 +1521,6 @@ update_router_have_minimum_dir_info(void)
     goto done;
   }
 
-  if (should_delay_dir_fetches(get_options(), &delay_fetches_msg)) {
-    log_notice(LD_DIR, "Delaying directory fetches: %s", delay_fetches_msg);
-    strlcpy(dir_info_status, delay_fetches_msg,  sizeof(dir_info_status));
-    res = 0;
-    goto done;
-  }
-
   using_md = consensus->flavor == FLAV_MICRODESC;
 
   {