diff --git a/res/res_hep.c b/res/res_hep.c
index 25b4d13b1e0a2945859599e78dc098c0289326ca..ba036d70f6618041045049fce4c18080758dde79 100644
--- a/res/res_hep.c
+++ b/res/res_hep.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ int hepv3_is_loaded(void)
 {
 	RAII_VAR(struct module_config *, config, ao2_global_obj_ref(global_config), ao2_cleanup);
 
-	return (config != NULL) ? 1 : 0;
+	return config && config->general->enabled;
 }
 
 struct hepv3_capture_info *hepv3_create_capture_info(const void *payload, size_t len)