diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 83e72a01..45853b52 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ HISTORY
 
   ++ Bugfixes:
 
+  2015-08-19: Simon Goldschmidt (patch by "Sandra")
+  dns.c: fixed bug #45004: dns response without answer might be discarded
+
   2015-08-18: Chrysn
   timers.c: patch #8704 fix sys_timeouts_sleeptime function
 
diff --git a/src/core/dns.c b/src/core/dns.c
index 9b6580fd..b33a0b38 100644
--- a/src/core/dns.c
+++ b/src/core/dns.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ dns_recv(void *arg, struct udp_pcb *pcb, struct pbuf *p, const ip_addr_t *addr,
   LWIP_UNUSED_ARG(port);
 
   /* is the dns message big enough ? */
-  if (p->tot_len < (SIZEOF_DNS_HDR + SIZEOF_DNS_QUERY + SIZEOF_DNS_ANSWER)) {
+  if (p->tot_len < (SIZEOF_DNS_HDR + SIZEOF_DNS_QUERY)) {
     LWIP_DEBUGF(DNS_DEBUG, ("dns_recv: pbuf too small\n"));
     /* free pbuf and return */
     goto memerr;