diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fa205bec0..620ad0085 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o [NSE][GH#1467] Avoid clobbering the "severity" and "ignore_404" values of
+  fingerprints in http-enum. None of the standard fingerprints uses these
+  fields. [Kostas Milonas]
+
 o [NSE][GH#1077] Fix a crash caused by a double-free of libssh2 session data
   when running SSH NSE scripts against non-SSH services. [Seth Randall]
 
diff --git a/scripts/http-enum.nse b/scripts/http-enum.nse
index 56c8828c7..237fe1eb2 100644
--- a/scripts/http-enum.nse
+++ b/scripts/http-enum.nse
@@ -303,14 +303,14 @@ local function get_fingerprints(fingerprint_file, category)
     -- Make sure the severity is an integer between 1 and 4. Default it to 1.
     if(fingerprint.severity and (type(fingerprint.severity) ~= 'number' or fingerprint.severity < 1 or fingerprint.severity > 4)) then
       return bad_prints(mutex, "The 'severity' field has to be an integer between 1 and 4")
-    else
+    elseif not fingerprint.severity then
       fingerprint.severity = 1
     end
 
     -- Make sure ignore_404 is a boolean. Default it to false.
     if(fingerprint.ignore_404 and type(fingerprint.ignore_404) ~= 'boolean') then
       return bad_prints(mutex, "The 'ignore_404' field has to be a boolean")
-    else
+    elseif not fingerprint.ignore_404 then
       fingerprint.ignore_404 = false
     end
   end