Index: apps/app_queue.c
===================================================================
--- apps/app_queue.c	(revision 274538)
+++ apps/app_queue.c	(working copy)
@@ -2722,6 +2722,7 @@
 	struct call_queue *q;
 	struct member *mem;
 	int found = 0;
+	int num_avail;
 	struct ao2_iterator queue_iter;
 	
 	/* q's lock and rq's lock already set by try_calling()
@@ -2736,7 +2737,14 @@
 		if (q->count && q->members) {
 			if ((mem = ao2_find(q->members, member, OBJ_POINTER))) {
 				ast_debug(1, "Found matching member %s in queue '%s'\n", mem->interface, q->name);
-				if (q->weight > rq->weight && q->count >= num_available_members(q)) {
+				if (!mem->paused && /* paused on this queue so free for other queues */
+					q->weight > rq->weight && 
+						/* belt and braces - if no members are available on this 
+						   queue, then our member must be somehow unavailable, 
+						   although the only reason we know is being paused, which
+						   has been efficiently pre-checked.  */
+					(num_avail = num_available_members(q)) &&
+					q->count >= num_avail) {
 					ast_debug(1, "Queue '%s' (weight %d, calls %d) is preferred over '%s' (weight %d, calls %d)\n", q->name, q->weight, q->count, rq->name, rq->weight, rq->count);
 					found = 1;
 				}