diff --git a/master/fsm.c b/master/fsm.c
index 35cad0620b862663220643c746881224275f8c43..bc06b57464247c7830955dfec36999396b7dc469 100644
--- a/master/fsm.c
+++ b/master/fsm.c
@@ -571,15 +571,24 @@ void ec_fsm_master_action_process_states(ec_fsm_t *fsm
 
     // check if any slaves are not in the state, they're supposed to be
     list_for_each_entry(slave, &master->slaves, list) {
-        if (slave->error_flag ||
-            !slave->online ||
-            slave->requested_state == EC_SLAVE_STATE_UNKNOWN ||
-            slave->current_state == slave->requested_state) continue;
+        if (slave->error_flag
+            || !slave->online
+            || slave->requested_state == EC_SLAVE_STATE_UNKNOWN
+            || (slave->current_state == slave->requested_state
+                && (slave->configured
+                    || slave->current_state == EC_SLAVE_STATE_INIT))) continue;
+
+        if (!slave->configured
+            && slave->current_state != EC_SLAVE_STATE_INIT) {
+            EC_INFO("Reconfiguring slave %i.\n", slave->ring_position);
+        }
 
-        ec_state_string(slave->current_state, old_state);
-        ec_state_string(slave->requested_state, new_state);
-        EC_INFO("Changing state of slave %i from %s to %s.\n",
-                slave->ring_position, old_state, new_state);
+        if (slave->current_state != slave->requested_state) {
+            ec_state_string(slave->current_state, old_state);
+            ec_state_string(slave->requested_state, new_state);
+            EC_INFO("Changing state of slave %i from %s to %s.\n",
+                    slave->ring_position, old_state, new_state);
+        }
 
         fsm->slave = slave;
         fsm->slave_state = ec_fsm_slaveconf_init;
@@ -1399,6 +1408,8 @@ void ec_fsm_slaveconf_init(ec_fsm_t *fsm /**< finite state machine */)
 
     if (fsm->change_state != ec_fsm_end) return;
 
+    slave->configured = 1;
+
     if (master->debug_level) {
         EC_DBG("Slave %i is now in INIT.\n", slave->ring_position);
     }
diff --git a/master/slave.c b/master/slave.c
index 76e147aeedbb3247dca821eb13a51adf49c9248e..48f071848fecded2ded058b63327cf3423718155 100644
--- a/master/slave.c
+++ b/master/slave.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int ec_slave_init(ec_slave_t *slave, /**< EtherCAT slave */
 
     slave->requested_state = EC_SLAVE_STATE_UNKNOWN;
     slave->current_state = EC_SLAVE_STATE_UNKNOWN;
+    slave->configured = 0;
     slave->error_flag = 0;
     slave->online = 1;
     slave->fmmu_count = 0;
diff --git a/master/slave.h b/master/slave.h
index 943895e2ae2c1961ae5c12a620e3e8f0878ac0d6..1a311874fbf6cd31c6575c96052356cc9c33d1bd 100644
--- a/master/slave.h
+++ b/master/slave.h
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ struct ec_slave
 
     ec_slave_state_t requested_state; /**< requested slave state */
     ec_slave_state_t current_state; /**< current slave state */
+    unsigned int configured; /**< the slave is configured by this master */
     unsigned int error_flag; /**< stop processing after an error */
     unsigned int online; /**< non-zero, if the slave responds. */
     uint8_t registered; /**< true, if slave has been registered */