diff --git a/ctdb/common/ctdb_ltdb.c b/ctdb/common/ctdb_ltdb.c
index 12fcf52d959..b2fd1899432 100644
--- a/ctdb/common/ctdb_ltdb.c
+++ b/ctdb/common/ctdb_ltdb.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ int ctdb_ltdb_store(struct ctdb_db_context *ctdb_db, TDB_DATA key,
 	struct ctdb_context *ctdb = ctdb_db->ctdb;
 	TDB_DATA rec;
 	int ret;
+	bool seqnum_suppressed = false;
 
 	if (ctdb->flags & CTDB_FLAG_TORTURE) {
 		struct ctdb_ltdb_header *h2;
@@ -147,10 +148,28 @@ int ctdb_ltdb_store(struct ctdb_db_context *ctdb_db, TDB_DATA key,
 	memcpy(rec.dptr, header, sizeof(*header));
 	memcpy(rec.dptr + sizeof(*header), data.dptr, data.dsize);
 
+	/* Databases with seqnum updates enabled only get their seqnum
+	   changes when/if we modify the data */
+	if (ctdb_db->seqnum_update != NULL) {
+		TDB_DATA old;
+		old = tdb_fetch(ctdb_db->ltdb->tdb, key);
+
+		if ( (old.dsize == rec.dsize)
+		&& !memcmp(old.dptr+sizeof(struct ctdb_ltdb_header),
+			  rec.dptr+sizeof(struct ctdb_ltdb_header),
+			  rec.dsize-sizeof(struct ctdb_ltdb_header)) ) {
+			tdb_remove_flags(ctdb_db->ltdb->tdb, TDB_SEQNUM);
+			seqnum_suppressed = true;
+		}
+		if (old.dptr) free(old.dptr);
+	}
 	ret = tdb_store(ctdb_db->ltdb->tdb, key, rec, TDB_REPLACE);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		DEBUG(DEBUG_ERR, (__location__ " Failed to store dynamic data\n"));
 	}
+	if (seqnum_suppressed) {
+		tdb_add_flags(ctdb_db->ltdb->tdb, TDB_SEQNUM);
+	}
 
 	talloc_free(rec.dptr);