diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index b3e0f4c0f8..f8262b907e 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -1744,12 +1744,12 @@ void sofia_event_callback(nua_event_t event,
 		}
 
 		if (switch_core_session_thread_launch(session) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-			if (!switch_core_session_running(session)) {
+			if (!switch_core_session_running(session) && !switch_core_session_started(session)) {
 				nua_handle_bind(nh, NULL);
 				sofia_private_free(sofia_private);
 				switch_core_session_destroy(&session);
 				nua_respond(nh, 503, "Maximum Calls In Progress", SIPTAG_RETRY_AFTER_STR("300"), TAG_END());
-			}			
+			}
 			goto end;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c
index ceb4343fb9..0f20a8a4f7 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c
@@ -5743,12 +5743,7 @@ int sofia_recover_callback(switch_core_session_t *session)
 	}
 
 
-	if (!(tech_pvt = (private_object_t *) switch_core_session_alloc(session, sizeof(private_object_t)))) {
-		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Hey where is my memory pool?\n");
-		switch_core_session_destroy(&session);
-		goto end;
-	}
-
+	tech_pvt = (private_object_t *) switch_core_session_alloc(session, sizeof(private_object_t));
 	tech_pvt->channel = channel;
 
 	switch_mutex_init(&tech_pvt->flag_mutex, SWITCH_MUTEX_NESTED, switch_core_session_get_pool(session));