diff --git a/src/include/switch_ivr.h b/src/include/switch_ivr.h
index 6df083bca6..03bbc2d753 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_ivr.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_ivr.h
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_insert_file(switch_core_session_t *se
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_create_message_reply(switch_event_t **reply, switch_event_t *message, const char *new_proto);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(char *) switch_ivr_check_presence_mapping(const char *exten_name, const char *domain_name);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_kill_uuid(const char *uuid, switch_call_cause_t cause);
 
 /** @} */
 
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c
index 988893a39f..d01adc658a 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c
@@ -2128,7 +2128,6 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(reload_xml_function)
 #define KILL_SYNTAX "<uuid> [cause]"
 SWITCH_STANDARD_API(kill_function)
 {
-	switch_core_session_t *ksession = NULL;
 	char *mycmd = NULL, *kcause = NULL;
 	switch_call_cause_t cause = SWITCH_CAUSE_NORMAL_CLEARING;
 
@@ -2139,17 +2138,14 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(kill_function)
 
 	if ((kcause = strchr(mycmd, ' '))) {
 		*kcause++ = '\0';
-	}
-
-	if (zstr(mycmd) || !(ksession = switch_core_session_locate(mycmd))) {
-		stream->write_function(stream, "-ERR No Such Channel!\n");
-	} else {
-		switch_channel_t *channel = switch_core_session_get_channel(ksession);
 		if (!zstr(kcause)) {
 			cause = switch_channel_str2cause(kcause);
-		}
-		switch_channel_hangup(channel, cause);
-		switch_core_session_rwunlock(ksession);
+		}		
+	}
+
+	if (switch_ivr_kill_uuid(mycmd, cause) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		stream->write_function(stream, "-ERR No Such Channel!\n");
+	} else {
 		stream->write_function(stream, "+OK\n");
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/switch_ivr.c b/src/switch_ivr.c
index 608e34d191..0721639bb9 100644
--- a/src/switch_ivr.c
+++ b/src/switch_ivr.c
@@ -3201,6 +3201,20 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(char *) switch_ivr_check_presence_mapping(const char *exten_name,
 	
 }
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_kill_uuid(const char *uuid, switch_call_cause_t cause)
+{
+	switch_core_session_t *session;
+
+	if (zstr(uuid) || !(session = switch_core_session_locate(uuid))) {
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	} else {
+		switch_channel_t *channel = switch_core_session_get_channel(session);
+		switch_channel_hangup(channel, cause);
+		switch_core_session_rwunlock(session);
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	}
+}
+
 
 /* For Emacs:
  * Local Variables: