diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c
index 4d83ac597c4..bf49c51b5dd 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c
@@ -818,7 +818,11 @@ static int dns_scope_make_conflict_packet(
                                                               0 /* (ad) */,
                                                               0 /* (cd) */,
                                                               0));
-        random_bytes(&DNS_PACKET_HEADER(p)->id, sizeof(uint16_t));
+
+        /* For mDNS, the transaction ID should always be 0 */
+        if (s->protocol != DNS_PROTOCOL_MDNS)
+                random_bytes(&DNS_PACKET_HEADER(p)->id, sizeof(uint16_t));
+
         DNS_PACKET_HEADER(p)->qdcount = htobe16(1);
         DNS_PACKET_HEADER(p)->arcount = htobe16(1);
 
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-transaction.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-transaction.c
index 90f07e6c4b9..05fce99679f 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-transaction.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-transaction.c
@@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ static int dns_transaction_make_packet_mdns(DnsTransaction *t) {
         }
 
         DNS_PACKET_HEADER(p)->qdcount = htobe16(qdcount);
-        DNS_PACKET_HEADER(p)->id = t->id;
 
         /* Append known answer section if we're asking for any shared record */
         if (add_known_answers) {