diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index e1f6f13301..45b4a80083 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -16613,6 +16613,8 @@ static int sip_poke_peer_now(const void *data)
 	struct sip_peer *peer = (struct sip_peer *) data;
 
 	peer->pokeexpire = -1;
+usleep(ast_random() % 1000 * 500);
+if (peer->pokeexpire != -1) ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "sip_poke_peer_now: about to explode %d (%p)\n", peer->pokeexpire, peer);
 	sip_poke_peer(peer, 0);
 	sip_unref_peer(peer, "removing poke peer ref");
 
@@ -31996,12 +31998,15 @@ static struct sip_peer *build_peer(const char *name, struct ast_variable *v_head
 			 * a lock inversion so pass it off to the scheduler
 			 * thread.
 			 */
-			AST_SCHED_REPLACE_UNREF(peer->pokeexpire, sched,
+int tmp = peer->pokeexpire;
+			AST_SCHED_REPLACE_UNREF(tmp, sched,
 				0, /* Poke the peer ASAP */
 				sip_poke_peer_now, peer,
 				sip_unref_peer(_data, "removing poke peer ref"),
 				sip_unref_peer(peer, "removing poke peer ref"),
 				sip_ref_peer(peer, "adding poke peer ref"));
+usleep(ast_random() % 1000 * 500);
+peer->pokeexpire = tmp;
 		}
 	}