diff -r eb5f4971de86 usr.sbin/cron/cron/database.c
--- usr.sbin/cron/cron/database.c	Fri Jan 20 16:12:15 2012 -0700
+++ usr.sbin/cron/cron/database.c	Tue Jan 31 10:48:32 2012 -0700
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ load_database(old_db)
 	 * so is guaranteed to be different than the stat() mtime the first
 	 * time this function is called.
 	 */
-	if (old_db->mtime == TMAX(statbuf.st_mtime, syscron_stat.st_mtime)) {
+	if (old_db->mtime > TMAX(statbuf.st_mtime, syscron_stat.st_mtime)) {
 		Debug(DLOAD, ("[%d] spool dir mtime unch, no load needed.\n",
 			      getpid()))
 		return;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ load_database(old_db)
 	 * actually changed.  Whatever is left in the old database when
 	 * we're done is chaff -- crontabs that disappeared.
 	 */
-	new_db.mtime = TMAX(statbuf.st_mtime, syscron_stat.st_mtime);
+	new_db.mtime = 1 + TMAX(statbuf.st_mtime, syscron_stat.st_mtime);
 	new_db.head = new_db.tail = NULL;
 
 	if (syscron_stat.st_mtime) {