diff --git a/interface/web/dns/dns_a_edit.php b/interface/web/dns/dns_a_edit.php
index 431b4ac56378679116be2e985f614f455540eeb1..d1bc853a873c82e1f74d5bd1f30ded0bb8fc6cad 100644
--- a/interface/web/dns/dns_a_edit.php
+++ b/interface/web/dns/dns_a_edit.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class page_action extends tform_actions {
 		} // end if user is not admin
 		
 		//* Check for duplicates where IP and hostname are the same
-		$tmp = $app->db->queryOneRecord("SELECT count(id) as number FROM dns_rr WHERE zone = '".$this->dataRecord["zone"]."' and data = '".$this->dataRecord["data"]."' and id != ".$this->id);
+		$tmp = $app->db->queryOneRecord("SELECT count(id) as number FROM dns_rr WHERE type = 'A' AND name = '".$this->dataRecord["name"]."' AND zone = '".$this->dataRecord["zone"]."' and data = '".$this->dataRecord["data"]."' and id != ".$this->id);
 		if($tmp['number'] > 0) $app->tform->errorMessage .= $app->tform->lng("data_error_duplicate")."<br>";
 		unset($tmp);