diff --git a/channels/sig_pri.c b/channels/sig_pri.c
index 8a63600bf90b2b6220b1c524767383d5cdb68830..b6a04b67fae3b12e11949dc5ce745ce1e318625a 100644
--- a/channels/sig_pri.c
+++ b/channels/sig_pri.c
@@ -9430,7 +9430,7 @@ void sig_pri_cli_show_span(int fd, int *dchannels, struct sig_pri_span *pri)
 			info_str = pri_dump_info_str(pri->pri);
 			if (info_str) {
 				ast_cli(fd, "%s", info_str);
-				free(info_str);
+				ast_std_free(info_str);
 			}
 #else
 			pri_dump_info(pri->pri);
diff --git a/include/asterisk/astmm.h b/include/asterisk/astmm.h
index c2a717550e9bc4ac0af57d8ec189fd9185c29896..1b008120a71f4dd68de982cb9fed2908d54f5106 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/astmm.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/astmm.h
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ extern "C" {
 #undef vasprintf
 #undef free
 
+void *ast_std_malloc(size_t size);
+void *ast_std_calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
+void *ast_std_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
+void ast_std_free(void *ptr);
+void ast_free_ptr(void *ptr);
+
 void *__ast_calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size, const char *file, int lineno, const char *func);
 void *__ast_calloc_cache(size_t nmemb, size_t size, const char *file, int lineno, const char *func);
 void *__ast_malloc(size_t size, const char *file, int lineno, const char *func);
diff --git a/include/asterisk/backtrace.h b/include/asterisk/backtrace.h
index fef1d86faa47c60f2e00487603c79fae416ffbea..95358bfd26d84559605891a786c11bba0c0d5d3d 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/backtrace.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/backtrace.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void *__ast_bt_destroy(struct ast_bt *bt);
  * \param addresses A list of addresses, such as the ->addresses structure element of struct ast_bt.
  * \param num_frames Number of addresses in the addresses list
  * \retval NULL Unable to allocate memory
- * \return List of strings. This should be freed with a single call to free.
+ * \return List of strings. Free the entire list with a single ast_std_free call.
  * \since 1.6.2.16
  */
 char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames);
diff --git a/include/asterisk/lock.h b/include/asterisk/lock.h
index 34e9444766e7ace83a87b7198b7215dbdc11be7b..aee084f322739e938c84baa6aa4fc3306fc632e7 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/lock.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/lock.h
@@ -290,22 +290,6 @@ void ast_remove_lock_info(void *lock_addr);
 #endif /* HAVE_BKTR */
 #endif /* !defined(LOW_MEMORY) */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_BKTR
-static inline void __dump_backtrace(struct ast_bt *bt, int canlog)
-{
-	char **strings;
-
-	ssize_t i;
-
-	strings = backtrace_symbols(bt->addresses, bt->num_frames);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < bt->num_frames; i++)
-		__ast_mutex_logger("%s\n", strings[i]);
-
-	free(strings);
-}
-#endif
-
 /*!
  * \brief log info for the current lock with ast_log().
  *
diff --git a/include/asterisk/utils.h b/include/asterisk/utils.h
index 1623775b92b74f9acaff9f3584f41495d0d4bc34..e24dc02d89097cbc3ef7371a32d4f80136b44822 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/utils.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/utils.h
@@ -465,24 +465,20 @@ long int ast_random(void);
  */
 #define ast_random_double() (((double)ast_random()) / RAND_MAX)
 
+#ifndef __AST_DEBUG_MALLOC
+#define ast_std_malloc malloc
+#define ast_std_calloc calloc
+#define ast_std_realloc realloc
+#define ast_std_free free
+
 /*!
  * \brief free() wrapper
  *
  * ast_free_ptr should be used when a function pointer for free() needs to be passed
  * as the argument to a function. Otherwise, astmm will cause seg faults.
  */
-#ifdef __AST_DEBUG_MALLOC
-static void ast_free_ptr(void *ptr) attribute_unused;
-static void ast_free_ptr(void *ptr)
-{
-	ast_free(ptr);
-}
-#else
 #define ast_free free
 #define ast_free_ptr ast_free
-#endif
-
-#ifndef __AST_DEBUG_MALLOC
 
 /*
  * This buffer is in static memory. We never intend to read it,
diff --git a/main/astmm.c b/main/astmm.c
index d01b745b0569b6ce0040beb0a5a66c8ae1be7d08..2e1016ab5d7e39acf7fd58e3f440ce5b8c16c780 100644
--- a/main/astmm.c
+++ b/main/astmm.c
@@ -158,6 +158,31 @@ AST_MUTEX_DEFINE_STATIC_NOTRACKING(reglock);
 		}                                    \
 	} while (0)
 
+void *ast_std_malloc(size_t size)
+{
+	return malloc(size);
+}
+
+void *ast_std_calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+	return calloc(nmemb, size);
+}
+
+void *ast_std_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	return realloc(ptr, size);
+}
+
+void ast_std_free(void *ptr)
+{
+	free(ptr);
+}
+
+void ast_free_ptr(void *ptr)
+{
+	ast_free(ptr);
+}
+
 static void print_backtrace(struct ast_bt *bt)
 {
 	int i = 0;
@@ -172,11 +197,10 @@ static void print_backtrace(struct ast_bt *bt)
 		for (i = 3; i < bt->num_frames - 2; i++) {
 			astmm_log("#%d: [%p] %s\n", i - 3, bt->addresses[i], strings[i]);
 		}
-		free(strings);
+		ast_std_free(strings);
 	}
 }
 
-
 /*!
  * \internal
  *
@@ -343,9 +367,7 @@ static void region_free(struct ast_freed_regions *freed, struct ast_region *reg)
 
 	if (old) {
 		region_data_check(old);
-		if (old->bt) {
-			old->bt = ast_bt_destroy(old->bt);
-		}
+		old->bt = ast_bt_destroy(old->bt);
 		free(old);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/main/astobj2.c b/main/astobj2.c
index bbe77859d1979821695e8292890e3ea76ac2c534..cc6ab7348f6f6cfbecaf9fe58d48860d6862eef2 100644
--- a/main/astobj2.c
+++ b/main/astobj2.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void ao2_bt(void)
 	for(i = 0; i < c; i++) {
 		ast_verbose("%d: %p %s\n", i, addresses[i], strings[i]);
 	}
-	free(strings);
+	ast_std_free(strings);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/main/backtrace.c b/main/backtrace.c
index 001699d0016bae9f8a10d7eedb0557c9b333a2c6..a1156467f703e2c60731ba8b65769996d9389c94 100644
--- a/main/backtrace.c
+++ b/main/backtrace.c
@@ -40,17 +40,10 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$");
 #include <bfd.h>
 #endif
 
-/* Undefine the overrides for memory allocation. astmm.c uses these functions
- * as well.
- */
-#undef calloc
-#undef malloc
-#undef free
-#undef realloc
-
 struct ast_bt *__ast_bt_create(void)
 {
-	struct ast_bt *bt = calloc(1, sizeof(*bt));
+	struct ast_bt *bt = ast_std_calloc(1, sizeof(*bt));
+
 	if (!bt) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -69,15 +62,15 @@ int __ast_bt_get_addresses(struct ast_bt *bt)
 
 void *__ast_bt_destroy(struct ast_bt *bt)
 {
-	if (bt->alloced) {
-		free(bt);
+	if (bt && bt->alloced) {
+		ast_std_free(bt);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames)
 {
-	char **strings = NULL;
+	char **strings;
 #if defined(BETTER_BACKTRACES)
 	int stackfr;
 	bfd *bfdobj;           /* bfd.h */
@@ -97,9 +90,12 @@ char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames)
 
 #if defined(BETTER_BACKTRACES)
 	strings_size = num_frames * sizeof(*strings);
-	eachlen = calloc(num_frames, sizeof(*eachlen));
 
-	if (!(strings = calloc(num_frames, sizeof(*strings)))) {
+	eachlen = ast_std_calloc(num_frames, sizeof(*eachlen));
+	strings = ast_std_calloc(num_frames, sizeof(*strings));
+	if (!eachlen || !strings) {
+		ast_std_free(eachlen);
+		ast_std_free(strings);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -114,6 +110,7 @@ char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames)
 
 		if (strcmp(dli.dli_fname, "asterisk") == 0) {
 			char asteriskpath[256];
+
 			if (!(dli.dli_fname = ast_utils_which("asterisk", asteriskpath, sizeof(asteriskpath)))) {
 				/* This will fail to find symbols */
 				dli.dli_fname = "asterisk";
@@ -121,22 +118,22 @@ char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames)
 		}
 
 		lastslash = strrchr(dli.dli_fname, '/');
-		if (	(bfdobj = bfd_openr(dli.dli_fname, NULL)) &&
-				bfd_check_format(bfdobj, bfd_object) &&
-				(allocsize = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound(bfdobj)) > 0 &&
-				(syms = malloc(allocsize)) &&
-				(symbolcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab(bfdobj, syms))) {
+		if ((bfdobj = bfd_openr(dli.dli_fname, NULL)) &&
+			bfd_check_format(bfdobj, bfd_object) &&
+			(allocsize = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound(bfdobj)) > 0 &&
+			(syms = ast_std_malloc(allocsize)) &&
+			(symbolcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab(bfdobj, syms))) {
 
 			if (bfdobj->flags & DYNAMIC) {
 				offset = addresses[stackfr] - dli.dli_fbase;
 			} else {
-				offset = addresses[stackfr] - (void *)0;
+				offset = addresses[stackfr] - (void *) 0;
 			}
 
 			for (section = bfdobj->sections; section; section = section->next) {
-				if (	!bfd_get_section_flags(bfdobj, section) & SEC_ALLOC ||
-						section->vma > offset ||
-						section->size + section->vma < offset) {
+				if (!bfd_get_section_flags(bfdobj, section) & SEC_ALLOC ||
+					section->vma > offset ||
+					section->size + section->vma < offset) {
 					continue;
 				}
 
@@ -151,7 +148,9 @@ char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames)
 				found++;
 				if ((lastslash = strrchr(file, '/'))) {
 					const char *prevslash;
-					for (prevslash = lastslash - 1; *prevslash != '/' && prevslash >= file; prevslash--);
+
+					for (prevslash = lastslash - 1; *prevslash != '/' && prevslash >= file; prevslash--) {
+					}
 					if (prevslash >= file) {
 						lastslash = prevslash;
 					}
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames)
 		}
 		if (bfdobj) {
 			bfd_close(bfdobj);
-			free(syms);
+			ast_std_free(syms);
 		}
 
 		/* Default output, if we cannot find the information within BFD */
@@ -193,27 +192,31 @@ char **__ast_bt_get_symbols(void **addresses, size_t num_frames)
 
 		if (!ast_strlen_zero(msg)) {
 			char **tmp;
-			eachlen[stackfr] = strlen(msg);
-			if (!(tmp = realloc(strings, strings_size + eachlen[stackfr] + 1))) {
-				free(strings);
+
+			eachlen[stackfr] = strlen(msg) + 1;
+			if (!(tmp = ast_std_realloc(strings, strings_size + eachlen[stackfr]))) {
+				ast_std_free(strings);
 				strings = NULL;
 				break; /* out of stack frame iteration */
 			}
 			strings = tmp;
 			strings[stackfr] = (char *) strings + strings_size;
-			ast_copy_string(strings[stackfr], msg, eachlen[stackfr] + 1);
-			strings_size += eachlen[stackfr] + 1;
+			strcpy(strings[stackfr], msg);/* Safe since we just allocated the room. */
+			strings_size += eachlen[stackfr];
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (strings) {
-		/* Recalculate the offset pointers */
+		/* Recalculate the offset pointers because of the reallocs. */
 		strings[0] = (char *) strings + num_frames * sizeof(*strings);
 		for (stackfr = 1; stackfr < num_frames; stackfr++) {
-			strings[stackfr] = strings[stackfr - 1] + eachlen[stackfr - 1] + 1;
+			strings[stackfr] = strings[stackfr - 1] + eachlen[stackfr - 1];
 		}
 	}
+	ast_std_free(eachlen);
+
 #else /* !defined(BETTER_BACKTRACES) */
+
 	strings = backtrace_symbols(addresses, num_frames);
 #endif /* defined(BETTER_BACKTRACES) */
 	return strings;
diff --git a/main/lock.c b/main/lock.c
index 902d631193c2a3910dfc18530ad6afc5e20b27ce..3036e5bc4b3f0ad173dd59968bee784014c5d021 100644
--- a/main/lock.c
+++ b/main/lock.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 
+#include "asterisk/utils.h"
 #include "asterisk/lock.h"
 
 /* Allow direct use of pthread_mutex_* / pthread_cond_* */
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #undef pthread_cond_wait
 #undef pthread_cond_timedwait
 
+#if defined(DEBUG_THREADS) && defined(HAVE_BKTR)
+static void __dump_backtrace(struct ast_bt *bt, int canlog)
+{
+	char **strings;
+	ssize_t i;
+
+	strings = backtrace_symbols(bt->addresses, bt->num_frames);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < bt->num_frames; i++) {
+		__ast_mutex_logger("%s\n", strings[i]);
+	}
+
+	ast_std_free(strings);
+}
+#endif	/* defined(DEBUG_THREADS) && defined(HAVE_BKTR) */
+
 int __ast_pthread_mutex_init(int tracking, const char *filename, int lineno, const char *func,
 						const char *mutex_name, ast_mutex_t *t)
 {
diff --git a/main/logger.c b/main/logger.c
index ae1537acdc04df765026fbc3c47bb1adef5da591..c374d2e574324f5e2e5fbd19d25e40b905055506 100644
--- a/main/logger.c
+++ b/main/logger.c
@@ -1587,9 +1587,7 @@ void ast_log_backtrace(void)
 			ast_debug(1, "#%d: [%p] %s\n", i - 3, bt->addresses[i], strings[i]);
 		}
 
-		/* MALLOC_DEBUG will erroneously report an error here, unless we undef the macro. */
-#undef free
-		free(strings);
+		ast_std_free(strings);
 	} else {
 		ast_debug(1, "Could not allocate memory for backtrace\n");
 	}
diff --git a/main/utils.c b/main/utils.c
index 1f05285560a9a7680765b0c15ff4c33f95cb2c8a..300d057d92b1408ea94dffcd898ebf5e8d2a043d 100644
--- a/main/utils.c
+++ b/main/utils.c
@@ -862,9 +862,8 @@ static void append_backtrace_information(struct ast_str **str, struct ast_bt *bt
 		for (frame_iterator = 0; frame_iterator < num_frames; ++frame_iterator) {
 			ast_str_append(str, 0, "\t%s\n", symbols[frame_iterator]);
 		}
-/* Prevent MALLOC_DEBUG from complaining */
-#undef free
-		free(symbols);
+
+		ast_std_free(symbols);
 	} else {
 		ast_str_append(str, 0, "\tCouldn't retrieve backtrace symbols\n");
 	}