diff --git a/main/autoservice.c b/main/autoservice.c
index 327d1319904697403dde5d166660fe7ac76671ea..568cf1070aaec4a47dce6e3a02e43db070ae01d6 100644
--- a/main/autoservice.c
+++ b/main/autoservice.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void *autoservice_run(void *ign)
 
 int ast_autoservice_start(struct ast_channel *chan)
 {
-	int res = -1;
+	int res = 0;
 	struct asent *as;
 
 	AST_RWLIST_WRLOCK(&aslist);
@@ -144,11 +144,16 @@ int ast_autoservice_start(struct ast_channel *chan)
 	}
 
 	/* If not, start autoservice on channel */
-	if (!as && (as = ast_calloc(1, sizeof(*as)))) {
+	if (as) {
+		/* Entry extist, autoservice is already handling this channel */
+	} else if ((as = ast_calloc(1, sizeof(*as))) == NULL) {
+		/* Memory allocation failed */
+		res = -1;
+	} else {
+		/* New entry created */
 		as->chan = chan;
 		as->use_count = 1;
 		AST_RWLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&aslist, as, list);
-		res = 0;
 		if (asthread == AST_PTHREADT_NULL) { /* need start the thread */
 			if (ast_pthread_create_background(&asthread, NULL, autoservice_run, NULL)) {
 				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to create autoservice thread :(\n");
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ int ast_autoservice_stop(struct ast_channel *chan)
 	struct asent *as;
 	AST_LIST_HEAD_NOLOCK(, ast_frame) dtmf_frames;
 	struct ast_frame *f;
-	int removed = 1;
+	int removed = 0;
 
 	AST_LIST_HEAD_INIT_NOLOCK(&dtmf_frames);
 
@@ -182,12 +187,11 @@ int ast_autoservice_stop(struct ast_channel *chan)
 		if (as->chan == chan) {
 			AST_RWLIST_REMOVE_CURRENT(list);
 			as->use_count--;
-			if (as->use_count) {
-				removed = 0;
+			if (as->use_count)
 				break;
-			}
 			AST_LIST_APPEND_LIST(&dtmf_frames, &as->dtmf_frames, frame_list);
 			ast_free(as);
+			removed = 1;
 			if (!ast_check_hangup(chan))
 				res = 0;
 			break;