diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 513f988..b8e2766 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ repository history](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/commits/master).
     [#664](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/664)
   * Fixed "Scalar value better written as" Perl warning.
     [#667](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/667)
+  * Fixed unnecessary repeated updates for some services.
+    [#670](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/670)
 
 ## 2023-11-23 v3.11.2
 
diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 2bee75a..9c79d5e 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -639,9 +639,9 @@ my %variables = (
         'wtime'               => setv(T_DELAY, 0, 1, 0,                    interval('30s')),
         'mtime'               => setv(T_NUMBER,0, 1, 0,                    undef),
         'atime'               => setv(T_NUMBER,0, 1, 0,                    undef),
-        'status'              => setv(T_ANY,   0, 1, '',                   undef),  #TODO remove from cache?
-        'status-ipv4'         => setv(T_ANY,   0, 1, '',                   undef),
-        'status-ipv6'         => setv(T_ANY,   0, 1, '',                   undef),
+        'status'              => setv(T_ANY,   0, 1, undef,                undef),  #TODO remove from cache?
+        'status-ipv4'         => setv(T_ANY,   0, 1, undef,                undef),
+        'status-ipv6'         => setv(T_ANY,   0, 1, undef,                undef),
         'min-interval'        => setv(T_DELAY, 0, 0, interval('30s'),      0),
         'max-interval'        => setv(T_DELAY, 0, 0, interval('25d'),      0),
         'min-error-interval'  => setv(T_DELAY, 0, 0, interval('5m'),       0),
@@ -1452,10 +1452,8 @@ sub update_nics {
             # To allow gradual transition, we make sure both the old 'status' and 'ip' are being set
             # accordingly to what new providers returned in the new 'status-ipv*' and 'ipv*' fields respectively.
             foreach my $h (@hosts) {
-                $config{$h}{'status'} //= $config{$h}{'status-ipv4'};
-                $config{$h}{'status'} //= $config{$h}{'status-ipv6'};
-                $config{$h}{'ip'} //= $config{$h}{'ipv4'};
-                $config{$h}{'ip'} //= $config{$h}{'ipv6'};
+                $config{$h}{'status'} //= $config{$h}{'status-ipv4'} // $config{$h}{'status-ipv6'};
+                $config{$h}{'ip'} //= $config{$h}{'ipv4'} // $config{$h}{'ipv6'};
             }
 
             runpostscript(join ' ', keys %ipsv4, keys %ipsv6);
@@ -1919,7 +1917,7 @@ sub init_config {
         @hosts = split_by_comma($opt{'host'});
     }
     if (opt('retry')) {
-        @hosts = map { $_ if $cache{$_}{'status'} ne 'good' } keys %cache;
+        @hosts = map { $_ if ($cache{$_}{'status'} // '') ne 'good' } keys %cache;
     }
 
     ## remove any other hosts
@@ -3568,7 +3566,7 @@ sub nic_updateable {
     } elsif ( ($use ne 'disabled')
            && ((!exists($cache{$host}{'ip'})) || ("$cache{$host}{'ip'}" ne "$ip"))) {
         ## Check whether to update IP address for the "--use" method"
-        if (($cache{$host}{'status'} eq 'good') &&
+        if ((($cache{$host}{'status'} // '') eq 'good') &&
             !interval_expired($host, 'mtime', 'min-interval')) {
 
             warning("skipping update of %s from %s to %s.\nlast updated %s.\nWait at least %s between update attempts.",
@@ -3582,7 +3580,7 @@ sub nic_updateable {
 
             $cache{$host}{'warned-min-interval'} = $now;
 
-        } elsif (($cache{$host}{'status'} ne 'good') &&
+        } elsif ((($cache{$host}{'status'} // '') ne 'good') &&
             !interval_expired($host, 'atime', 'min-error-interval')) {
 
             if ( opt('verbose')
@@ -3613,7 +3611,7 @@ sub nic_updateable {
     } elsif ( ($usev4 ne 'disabled')
            && ((!exists($cache{$host}{'ipv4'})) || ("$cache{$host}{'ipv4'}" ne "$ipv4"))) {
         ## Check whether to update IPv4 address for the "--usev4" method"
-        if (($cache{$host}{'status-ipv4'} eq 'good') &&
+        if ((($cache{$host}{'status-ipv4'} // '') eq 'good') &&
             !interval_expired($host, 'mtime', 'min-interval')) {
 
             warning("skipping update of %s from %s to %s.\nlast updated %s.\nWait at least %s between update attempts.",
@@ -3627,7 +3625,7 @@ sub nic_updateable {
 
             $cache{$host}{'warned-min-interval'} = $now;
 
-        } elsif (($cache{$host}{'status-ipv4'} ne 'good') &&
+        } elsif ((($cache{$host}{'status-ipv4'} // '') ne 'good') &&
             !interval_expired($host, 'atime', 'min-error-interval')) {
 
             if ( opt('verbose')
@@ -3658,7 +3656,7 @@ sub nic_updateable {
     } elsif ( ($usev6 ne 'disabled')
            && ((!exists($cache{$host}{'ipv6'})) || ("$cache{$host}{'ipv6'}" ne "$ipv6"))) {
         ## Check whether to update IPv6 address for the "--usev6" method"
-        if (($cache{$host}{'status-ipv6'} eq 'good') &&
+        if ((($cache{$host}{'status-ipv6'} // '') eq 'good') &&
             !interval_expired($host, 'mtime', 'min-interval')) {
 
             warning("skipping update of %s from %s to %s.\nlast updated %s.\nWait at least %s between update attempts.",
@@ -3672,7 +3670,7 @@ sub nic_updateable {
 
             $cache{$host}{'warned-min-interval'} = $now;
 
-        } elsif (($cache{$host}{'status-ipv6'} ne 'good') &&
+        } elsif ((($cache{$host}{'status-ipv6'} // '') ne 'good') &&
             !interval_expired($host, 'atime', 'min-error-interval')) {
 
             if ( opt('verbose')
@@ -3727,14 +3725,14 @@ sub nic_updateable {
         }
     }
 
-    $config{$host}{'status'} = $cache{$host}{'status'} // '';
-    $config{$host}{'status-ipv4'} = $cache{$host}{'status-ipv4'} // '';
-    $config{$host}{'status-ipv6'} = $cache{$host}{'status-ipv6'} // '';
+    $config{$host}{'status'} = $cache{$host}{'status'};
+    $config{$host}{'status-ipv4'} = $cache{$host}{'status-ipv4'};
+    $config{$host}{'status-ipv6'} = $cache{$host}{'status-ipv6'};
     $config{$host}{'update'} = $update;
     if ($update) {
-        $config{$host}{'status'}                    = 'noconnect';
-        $config{$host}{'status-ipv4'}               = 'noconnect';
-        $config{$host}{'status-ipv6'}               = 'noconnect';
+        $config{$host}{'status'}                    = undef;
+        $config{$host}{'status-ipv4'}               = undef;
+        $config{$host}{'status-ipv6'}               = undef;
         $config{$host}{'atime'}                     = $now;
         $config{$host}{'wtime'}                     = 0;
         $config{$host}{'warned-min-interval'}       = 0;