Index: source/ariba/overlay/modules/chord/Chord.cpp
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--- source/ariba/overlay/modules/chord/Chord.cpp	(revision 3695)
+++ source/ariba/overlay/modules/chord/Chord.cpp	(revision 3696)
@@ -333,5 +333,5 @@
 			for (size_t i = 0; i < table->size(); i++) {
 				route_item* it = (*table)[i];
-				if (it->ref_count == 0) {
+				if (it->ref_count == 0 && !it->info.isUnspecified()) {
 					baseoverlay.dropLink(it->info);
 					logging_debug("dropping orphaned link " << it->info.toString() << " to " << it->id.toString());