diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 94154dc3b5bdebd6880b72282869ef59be4aa592..5efbfbf3493fb170602f8ad3738aea55adba3403 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ static char *generate_random_string(char *buf, size_t size);
 static void build_callid_pvt(struct sip_pvt *pvt);
 static void change_callid_pvt(struct sip_pvt *pvt, const char *callid);
 static void build_callid_registry(struct sip_registry *reg, const struct ast_sockaddr *ourip, const char *fromdomain);
-static void make_our_tag(char *tagbuf, size_t len);
+static void make_our_tag(struct sip_pvt *pvt);
 static int add_header(struct sip_request *req, const char *var, const char *value);
 static int add_header_max_forwards(struct sip_pvt *dialog, struct sip_request *req);
 static int add_content(struct sip_request *req, const char *line);
@@ -7855,9 +7855,9 @@ static void build_callid_registry(struct sip_registry *reg, const struct ast_soc
 }
 
 /*! \brief Make our SIP dialog tag */
-static void make_our_tag(char *tagbuf, size_t len)
+static void make_our_tag(struct sip_pvt *pvt)
 {
-	snprintf(tagbuf, len, "as%08lx", ast_random());
+	ast_string_field_build(pvt, tag, "as%08lx", ast_random());
 }
 
 /*! \brief Allocate Session-Timers struct w/in dialog */
@@ -7999,7 +7999,7 @@ struct sip_pvt *sip_alloc(ast_string_field callid, struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
 	p->do_history = recordhistory;
 
 	p->branch = ast_random();	
-	make_our_tag(p->tag, sizeof(p->tag));
+	make_our_tag(p);
 	p->ocseq = INITIAL_CSEQ;
 	p->allowed_methods = UINT_MAX;
 
@@ -8294,7 +8294,7 @@ static void forked_invite_init(struct sip_request *req, const char *new_theirtag
 	memcpy(&p->flags, &original->flags, sizeof(p->flags));
 	copy_request(&p->initreq, &original->initreq);
 	ast_string_field_set(p, theirtag, new_theirtag);
-	ast_copy_string(p->tag, original->tag, sizeof(p->tag));
+	ast_string_field_set(p, tag, original->tag);
 	ast_string_field_set(p, uri, original->uri);
 	ast_string_field_set(p, our_contact, original->our_contact);
 	ast_string_field_set(p, fullcontact, original->fullcontact);
@@ -11103,7 +11103,7 @@ static int transmit_response_using_temp(ast_string_field callid, struct ast_sock
 	}
 
 	p->branch = ast_random();
-	make_our_tag(p->tag, sizeof(p->tag));
+	make_our_tag(p);
 	p->ocseq = INITIAL_CSEQ;
 
 	if (useglobal_nat && addr) {
@@ -13970,7 +13970,7 @@ static int transmit_register(struct sip_registry *r, int sipmethod, const char *
 			return 0;
 		} else {
 			p = dialog_ref(r->call, "getting a copy of the r->call dialog in transmit_register");
-			make_our_tag(p->tag, sizeof(p->tag));	/* create a new local tag for every register attempt */
+			make_our_tag(p);	/* create a new local tag for every register attempt */
 			ast_string_field_set(p, theirtag, NULL);	/* forget their old tag, so we don't match tags when getting response */
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -23929,7 +23929,7 @@ static int handle_request_invite(struct sip_pvt *p, struct sip_request *req, int
 				ast_string_field_set(p, exten, "s");
 			/* Initialize our tag */
 
-			make_our_tag(p->tag, sizeof(p->tag));
+			make_our_tag(p);
 			/* First invitation - create the channel.  Allocation
 			 * failures are handled below. */
 
@@ -26119,7 +26119,7 @@ static int handle_request_subscribe(struct sip_pvt *p, struct sip_request *req,
 
 	/* Initialize tag for new subscriptions */	
 	if (ast_strlen_zero(p->tag))
-		make_our_tag(p->tag, sizeof(p->tag));
+		make_our_tag(p);
 
 	if (!strncmp(eventheader, "presence", MAX(event_len, 8)) || !strncmp(eventheader, "dialog", MAX(event_len, 6))) { /* Presence, RFC 3842 */
 		unsigned int pidf_xml;
@@ -26627,14 +26627,15 @@ static int handle_incoming(struct sip_pvt *p, struct sip_request *req, struct as
 		if (!p->initreq.headers && req->has_to_tag) {
 			/* If this is a first request and it got a to-tag, it is not for us */
 			if (!req->ignore && req->method == SIP_INVITE) {
-				/* We will be subversive here. By blanking out the to-tag of the request,
-				 * it will cause us to attach our own generated to-tag instead. This way,
-				 * when we receive an ACK, the ACK will contain the to-tag we generated,
-				 * resulting in a proper to-tag match.
+				/* Just because we think this is a dialog-starting INVITE with a to-tag
+				 * doesn't mean it actually is. It could be a reinvite for an established, but
+				 * unknown dialog. In such a case, we need to change our tag to the
+				 * incoming INVITE's to-tag so that they will recognize the 481 we send and
+				 * so that we will properly match their incoming ACK.
 				 */
-				char *to_header = (char *) sip_get_header(req, "To");
-				char *tag = strstr(to_header, ";tag=");
-				*tag = '\0';
+				char totag[128];
+				gettag(req, "To", totag, sizeof(totag));
+				ast_string_field_set(p, tag, totag);
 				p->pendinginvite = p->icseq;
 				transmit_response_reliable(p, "481 Call/Transaction Does Not Exist", req);
 				/* Will cease to exist after ACK */
diff --git a/channels/sip/include/sip.h b/channels/sip/include/sip.h
index a9b7e02777a169b213989336e5b376cd3b0f9817..dbf572388537b140968331fcd0d558533fa2f147 100644
--- a/channels/sip/include/sip.h
+++ b/channels/sip/include/sip.h
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ struct sip_pvt {
 		AST_STRING_FIELD(rdnis);        /*!< Referring DNIS */
 		AST_STRING_FIELD(redircause);   /*!< Referring cause */
 		AST_STRING_FIELD(theirtag);     /*!< Their tag */
+		AST_STRING_FIELD(tag);          /*!< Our tag for this session */
 		AST_STRING_FIELD(username);     /*!< [user] name */
 		AST_STRING_FIELD(peername);     /*!< [peer] name, not set if [user] */
 		AST_STRING_FIELD(authname);     /*!< Who we use for authentication */
@@ -1076,7 +1077,6 @@ struct sip_pvt {
 	                                       */
 	unsigned short req_secure_signaling:1;/*!< Whether we are required to have secure signaling or not */
 	unsigned short natdetected:1;         /*!< Whether we detected a NAT when processing the Via */
-	char tag[11];                     /*!< Our tag for this session */
 	int timer_t1;                     /*!< SIP timer T1, ms rtt */
 	int timer_b;                      /*!< SIP timer B, ms */
 	unsigned int sipoptions;          /*!< Supported SIP options on the other end */