diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index bad14800cd..9520056ceb 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -3605,8 +3605,13 @@ static struct ast_frame *__ast_read(struct ast_channel *chan, int dropaudio, int
             }
         } else if (f->frametype == AST_FRAME_VOICE || f->frametype == AST_FRAME_VIDEO) {
             if (ast_channel_tech(chan) && ast_channel_tech(chan)->read_stream) {
-                stream = ast_stream_topology_get_stream(ast_channel_get_stream_topology(chan), f->stream_num);
-                default_stream = ast_channel_get_default_stream(chan, ast_format_get_type(f->subclass.format));
+                if (f->stream_num >= 0) {
+                    stream = ast_stream_topology_get_stream(ast_channel_get_stream_topology(chan), f->stream_num);
+                    default_stream = ast_channel_get_default_stream(chan, ast_format_get_type(f->subclass.format));
+                }
             } else {
                 /* Since this channel driver does not support multistream determine the default stream this frame
                  * originated from and update the frame to include it.
@@ -3643,8 +3648,13 @@ static struct ast_frame *__ast_read(struct ast_channel *chan, int dropaudio, int
              * default stream logic or not (such as transcoding).
              */
             if (f && (f->frametype == AST_FRAME_VOICE || f->frametype == AST_FRAME_VIDEO)) {
-                stream = ast_stream_topology_get_stream(ast_channel_get_stream_topology(chan), f->stream_num);
-                default_stream = ast_channel_get_default_stream(chan, ast_format_get_type(f->subclass.format));
+                if (f->stream_num >= 0) {
+                    stream = ast_stream_topology_get_stream(ast_channel_get_stream_topology(chan), f->stream_num);
+                    default_stream = ast_channel_get_default_stream(chan, ast_format_get_type(f->subclass.format));
+                }
             }
         } else if (ast_channel_tech(chan) && ast_channel_tech(chan)->read) {
             f = ast_channel_tech(chan)->read(chan);