diff --git a/main/pbx.c b/main/pbx.c
index b665e2c01dbba16517e4ec0a85d7f5c3efaad740..857b7e21897723880e0c1e6d7babe5dd0b9fdf57 100644
--- a/main/pbx.c
+++ b/main/pbx.c
@@ -2609,7 +2609,8 @@ static int pbx_extension_helper(struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_context *con,
 
 	int matching_action = (action == E_MATCH || action == E_CANMATCH || action == E_MATCHMORE);
 
-	ast_autoservice_start(c);
+	if (c)
+		ast_autoservice_start(c);
 	
 	ast_rdlock_contexts();
 	if (found)
@@ -2621,12 +2622,14 @@ static int pbx_extension_helper(struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_context *con,
 			*found = 1;
 		if (matching_action) {
 			ast_unlock_contexts();
-			ast_autoservice_stop(c);
+			if (c)
+				ast_autoservice_stop(c);
 			return -1;	/* success, we found it */
 		} else if (action == E_FINDLABEL) { /* map the label to a priority */
 			res = e->priority;
 			ast_unlock_contexts();
-			ast_autoservice_stop(c);
+			if (c)
+				ast_autoservice_stop(c);
 			return res;	/* the priority we were looking for */
 		} else {	/* spawn */
 			if (!e->cached_app)
@@ -2635,7 +2638,8 @@ static int pbx_extension_helper(struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_context *con,
 			ast_unlock_contexts();
 			if (!app) {
 				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "No application '%s' for extension (%s, %s, %d)\n", e->app, context, exten, priority);
-				ast_autoservice_stop(c);
+				if (c)
+					ast_autoservice_stop(c);
 				return -1;
 			}
 			if (c->context != context)
@@ -2671,20 +2675,23 @@ static int pbx_extension_helper(struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_context *con,
 					"AppData: %s\r\n"
 					"Uniqueid: %s\r\n",
 					c->name, c->context, c->exten, c->priority, app->name, passdata, c->uniqueid);
-			ast_autoservice_stop(c);
+			if (c)
+				ast_autoservice_stop(c);
 			return pbx_exec(c, app, passdata);	/* 0 on success, -1 on failure */
 		}
 	} else if (q.swo) {	/* not found here, but in another switch */
 		ast_unlock_contexts();
 		if (matching_action) {
-			ast_autoservice_stop(c);
+			if (c)
+				ast_autoservice_stop(c);
 			return -1;
 		} else {
 			if (!q.swo->exec) {
 				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "No execution engine for switch %s\n", q.swo->name);
 				res = -1;
 			}
-			ast_autoservice_stop(c);
+			if (c)
+				ast_autoservice_stop(c);
 			return q.swo->exec(c, q.foundcontext ? q.foundcontext : context, exten, priority, callerid, q.data);
 		}
 	} else {	/* not found anywhere, see what happened */
@@ -2710,7 +2717,8 @@ static int pbx_extension_helper(struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_context *con,
 			ast_debug(1, "Shouldn't happen!\n");
 		}
 
-		ast_autoservice_stop(c);
+		if (c)
+			ast_autoservice_stop(c);
 
 		return (matching_action) ? 0 : -1;
 	}