diff --git a/src/packet_analysis/Component.cc b/src/packet_analysis/Component.cc
index cc9ae997e7..41eba32896 100644
--- a/src/packet_analysis/Component.cc
+++ b/src/packet_analysis/Component.cc
@@ -18,11 +18,23 @@ void Component::Initialize() {
 }
 
 void Component::SetEnabled(bool arg_enabled) {
-    plugin::Component::SetEnabled(arg_enabled);
+    auto analyzer = packet_mgr->GetAnalyzer(Tag().AsVal().get());
+    if ( analyzer ) {
+        // We can only toggle the analyzer if it's not replacing another one,
+        // otherwise our dispatching tables would be wrong.
+        if ( packet_mgr->ProvidesComponentMapping(Tag()) ) {
+            reporter->Warning(
+                "attempt to toggle packet analyzer %s, which replaces another one; toggling replacement analyzers is "
+                "not supported",
+                analyzer->GetAnalyzerName());
+            return;
+        }
 
-    // If we already have instantiated an analyzer, update its state.
-    if ( auto analyzer = packet_mgr->Lookup(Tag().AsVal().get(), false) )
+        // Update the existing analyzer's state.
         analyzer->SetEnabled(arg_enabled);
+    }
+
+    plugin::Component::SetEnabled(arg_enabled);
 }
 
 void Component::DoDescribe(ODesc* d) const {
diff --git a/src/packet_analysis/Dispatcher.cc b/src/packet_analysis/Dispatcher.cc
index f39c30189a..fc3697134b 100644
--- a/src/packet_analysis/Dispatcher.cc
+++ b/src/packet_analysis/Dispatcher.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void Dispatcher::Register(uint32_t identifier, AnalyzerPtr analyzer) {
     }
 
     int64_t index = identifier - lowest_identifier;
-    if ( table[index] != nullptr )
+    if ( table[index] != nullptr && table[index] != analyzer )
         reporter->Info("Overwriting packet analyzer mapping %#8" PRIx64 " => %s with %s", index + lowest_identifier,
                        table[index]->GetAnalyzerName(), analyzer->GetAnalyzerName());
     table[index] = std::move(analyzer);
diff --git a/src/packet_analysis/Manager.cc b/src/packet_analysis/Manager.cc
index d16e6afda9..62ccfd5063 100644
--- a/src/packet_analysis/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/packet_analysis/Manager.cc
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ AnalyzerPtr Manager::InstantiateAnalyzer(const Tag& tag) {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    if ( tag != a->GetAnalyzerTag() ) {
+    if ( tag != a->GetAnalyzerTag() && ! HasComponentMapping(tag) ) {
         reporter->InternalError(
             "Mismatch of requested analyzer %s and instantiated analyzer %s. "
             "This usually means that the plugin author made a mistake.",
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/spicy.packet-analyzer-replaces/output-on b/testing/btest/Baseline/spicy.packet-analyzer-replaces/output
similarity index 78%
rename from testing/btest/Baseline/spicy.packet-analyzer-replaces/output-on
rename to testing/btest/Baseline/spicy.packet-analyzer-replaces/output
index 7da1ca64df..2e4553ce56 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/spicy.packet-analyzer-replaces/output-on
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/spicy.packet-analyzer-replaces/output
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ### BTest baseline data generated by btest-diff. Do not edit. Use "btest -U/-u" to update. Requires BTest >= 0.63.
 My Ethernet:, \x00\x10\xdcrL_\x00\xd0\xb7\x1e\xbe \x08\x00
+UDP:, 10.20.1.31, 53/udp, 207.158.192.40, 53/udp
diff --git a/testing/btest/spicy/packet-analyzer-replaces.zeek b/testing/btest/spicy/packet-analyzer-replaces.zeek
index d902b91563..a4e22d05c4 100644
--- a/testing/btest/spicy/packet-analyzer-replaces.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/spicy/packet-analyzer-replaces.zeek
@@ -1,35 +1,17 @@
 # @TEST-REQUIRES: have-spicy
 #
 # @TEST-EXEC: spicyz -d -o my-ethernet.hlto my-ethernet.spicy my-ethernet.evt
-# @TEST-EXEC: zeek -r ${TRACES}/dns53.pcap my-ethernet.hlto %INPUT ENABLE=T >output-on
-# @TEST-EXEC: zeek -r ${TRACES}/dns53.pcap my-ethernet.hlto %INPUT ENABLE=F >output-off
-# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff output-on
-
+# @TEST-EXEC: zeek -r ${TRACES}/dns53.pcap my-ethernet.hlto %INPUT >output
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff output
 #
 # @TEST-DOC: Check that we can replace Zeek's Ethernet analyzer.
-#
-# Zeek logs look the same in both cases but we get some additional output
-# when our analyzer is running by raising a custom event.
-
-const ENABLE = T &redef;
 
 module MyEthernet;
 
 const DLT_EN10MB : count = 1;
 
-event zeek_init() &priority=-200
+event zeek_init()
 	{
-	if ( ENABLE )
-		Spicy::enable_file_analyzer(PacketAnalyzer::ANALYZER_SPICY_MYETHERNET);
-	else
-		Spicy::disable_file_analyzer(PacketAnalyzer::ANALYZER_SPICY_MYETHERNET);
-}
-
-# The priority here needs to be higher than the standard script registering the
-# built-in Ethernet analyzer.
-event zeek_init() &priority=-100
-	{
-	PacketAnalyzer::register_packet_analyzer(PacketAnalyzer::ANALYZER_ROOT, DLT_EN10MB, PacketAnalyzer::ANALYZER_SPICY_MYETHERNET);
 	PacketAnalyzer::register_packet_analyzer(PacketAnalyzer::ANALYZER_SPICY_MYETHERNET, 0x0800, PacketAnalyzer::ANALYZER_IP);
 	}
 
@@ -38,6 +20,11 @@ event MyEthernet::data(p: raw_pkt_hdr, data: string)
 	print "My Ethernet:", data;
 	}
 
+event udp_request(u: connection)
+	{
+	print "UDP:", u$id$orig_h, u$id$orig_p, u$id$resp_h, u$id$resp_p;
+	}
+
 # @TEST-START-FILE my-ethernet.spicy
 module MyEthernet;