diff --git a/service/OneService.cpp b/service/OneService.cpp
index 93e97bdef..0d1dd337b 100644
--- a/service/OneService.cpp
+++ b/service/OneService.cpp
@@ -1572,18 +1572,15 @@ public:
 		json &settings = lc["settings"];
 
 		_primaryPort = (unsigned int)OSUtils::jsonInt(settings["primaryPort"],(uint64_t)_primaryPort) & 0xffff;
-		_allowTcpFallbackRelay = OSUtils::jsonBool(settings["allowTcpFallbackRelay"],true);
+		_multipathMode = (unsigned int)OSUtils::jsonInt(settings["multipathMode"],0);
+		// multipathMode cannot be used with allowTcpFallbackRelay
+		_allowTcpFallbackRelay = OSUtils::jsonBool(settings["allowTcpFallbackRelay"],true) && !_multipathMode;
 		_allowSecondaryPort = OSUtils::jsonBool(settings["allowSecondaryPort"],true);
 		_secondaryPort = (unsigned int)OSUtils::jsonInt(settings["secondaryPort"],0);
 		_tertiaryPort = (unsigned int)OSUtils::jsonInt(settings["tertiaryPort"],0);
 		if (_secondaryPort != 0 || _tertiaryPort != 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr,"WARNING: using manually-specified ports. This can cause NAT issues." ZT_EOL_S);
 		}
-		_multipathMode = (unsigned int)OSUtils::jsonInt(settings["multipathMode"],0);
-		if (_multipathMode != 0 && _allowTcpFallbackRelay) {
-			fprintf(stderr,"WARNING: multipathMode cannot be used with allowTcpFallbackRelay. Disabling allowTcpFallbackRelay" ZT_EOL_S);
-			_allowTcpFallbackRelay = false;
-		}
 		_portMappingEnabled = OSUtils::jsonBool(settings["portMappingEnabled"],true);
 
 #ifndef ZT_SDK