diff --git a/include/asterisk/pbx.h b/include/asterisk/pbx.h
index aebf7abbc0cc38039f98a18dc246dc48b7833414..33aa1b589a12e6a38075c0bdb472d2eb2c012ab8 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/pbx.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/pbx.h
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ struct ast_sw *ast_walk_context_switches(struct ast_context *con, struct ast_sw
 int pbx_builtin_serialize_variables(struct ast_channel *chan, char *buf, size_t size);
 extern char *pbx_builtin_getvar_helper(struct ast_channel *chan, char *name);
 extern void pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(struct ast_channel *chan, char *name, char *value);
+extern void pbx_retrieve_variable(struct ast_channel *c, const char *var, char **ret, char *workspace, int workspacelen, struct varshead *headp);
 extern void pbx_builtin_clear_globals(void);
 extern int pbx_builtin_setvar(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data);
 extern void pbx_substitute_variables_helper(struct ast_channel *c,const char *cp1,char *cp2,int count);
diff --git a/pbx.c b/pbx.c
index 999a765cbbc78843f839fa3c67a3b217c9bd62d6..95b661b20627b3bf13d85a81591726036b2ea3f6 100755
--- a/pbx.c
+++ b/pbx.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ static struct ast_exten *pbx_find_extension(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void pbx_substitute_variables_temp(struct ast_channel *c, const char *var, char **ret, char *workspace, int workspacelen, struct varshead *headp)
+void pbx_retrieve_variable(struct ast_channel *c, const char *var, char **ret, char *workspace, int workspacelen, struct varshead *headp)
 {
 	char *first,*second;
 	char tmpvar[80] = "";
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static void pbx_substitute_variables_temp(struct ast_channel *c, const char *var
 		if (!first)
 			first = tmpvar + strlen(tmpvar);
 		*first='\0';
-		pbx_substitute_variables_temp(c,tmpvar,ret,workspace,workspacelen - 1, headp);
+		pbx_retrieve_variable(c,tmpvar,ret,workspace,workspacelen - 1, headp);
 		if (!(*ret)) return;
 		offset=atoi(first+1);
 	 	if ((second=strchr(first+1,':'))) {
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ static void pbx_substitute_variables_helper_full(struct ast_channel *c, const ch
 			
 			/* Retrieve variable value */
 			workspace[0] = '\0';
-			pbx_substitute_variables_temp(c,vars,&cp4, workspace, sizeof(workspace), headp);
+			pbx_retrieve_variable(c,vars,&cp4, workspace, sizeof(workspace), headp);
 			if (cp4) {
 				length = strlen(cp4);
 				if (length > count)
diff --git a/res/res_agi.c b/res/res_agi.c
index e7bced29a74477ed4056b9ab304f35c4a17efbab..0572f0bd4bfea532acded71f555748d98878ae1c 100755
--- a/res/res_agi.c
+++ b/res/res_agi.c
@@ -983,11 +983,13 @@ static int handle_setvariable(struct ast_channel *chan, AGI *agi, int argc, char
 
 static int handle_getvariable(struct ast_channel *chan, AGI *agi, int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	char *tempstr;
+	char *ret;
+	char tempstr[1024];
 	if (argc != 3)
 		return RESULT_SHOWUSAGE;
-	if ((tempstr = pbx_builtin_getvar_helper(chan, argv[2]))) 
-		fdprintf(agi->fd, "200 result=1 (%s)\n", tempstr);
+	pbx_retrieve_variable(chan, argv[2], &ret, tempstr, sizeof(tempstr), NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		fdprintf(agi->fd, "200 result=1 (%s)\n", ret);
 	else
 		fdprintf(agi->fd, "200 result=0\n");