diff --git a/res/res_rtp_asterisk.c b/res/res_rtp_asterisk.c
index c870fce13c..44291878ae 100644
--- a/res/res_rtp_asterisk.c
+++ b/res/res_rtp_asterisk.c
@@ -7520,6 +7520,7 @@ static struct ast_frame *ast_rtp_read(struct ast_rtp_instance *instance, int rtc
 
 	AST_LIST_HEAD_INIT_NOLOCK(&frames);
 
+
 	/* Only non-bundled instances can change/learn the remote's SSRC implicitly. */
 	if (!child && !AST_VECTOR_SIZE(&rtp->ssrc_mapping)) {
 		/* Force a marker bit and change SSRC if the SSRC changes */
@@ -7561,7 +7562,7 @@ static struct ast_frame *ast_rtp_read(struct ast_rtp_instance *instance, int rtc
 
 	if (!rtp->recv_buffer) {
 		/* If there is no receive buffer then we can pass back the frame directly */
-		return ast_rtp_interpret(instance, srtp, &addr, read_area, res, prev_seqno);
+		goto free_list_and_interpret;
 	} else if (rtp->expectedrxseqno == -1 || seqno == rtp->expectedrxseqno) {
 		rtp->expectedrxseqno = seqno + 1;
 
@@ -7569,7 +7570,7 @@ static struct ast_frame *ast_rtp_read(struct ast_rtp_instance *instance, int rtc
 		 * return it directly without duplicating it.
 		 */
 		if (!ast_data_buffer_count(rtp->recv_buffer)) {
-			return ast_rtp_interpret(instance, srtp, &addr, read_area, res, prev_seqno);
+			goto free_list_and_interpret;
 		}
 
 		if (!AST_VECTOR_REMOVE_CMP_ORDERED(&rtp->missing_seqno, seqno, find_by_value,
@@ -7582,7 +7583,7 @@ static struct ast_frame *ast_rtp_read(struct ast_rtp_instance *instance, int rtc
 		 * chance it will be overwritten.
 		 */
 		if (!ast_data_buffer_get(rtp->recv_buffer, seqno + 1)) {
-			return ast_rtp_interpret(instance, srtp, &addr, read_area, res, prev_seqno);
+			goto free_list_and_interpret;
 		}
 
 		/* Otherwise we need to dupe the frame so that the potential processing of frames placed after
@@ -7696,7 +7697,12 @@ static struct ast_frame *ast_rtp_read(struct ast_rtp_instance *instance, int rtc
 		AST_VECTOR_RESET(&rtp->missing_seqno, AST_VECTOR_ELEM_CLEANUP_NOOP);
 
 		return AST_LIST_FIRST(&frames);
-	} else if (seqno < rtp->expectedrxseqno) {
+	}
+
+	/* We're finished with the frames list */
+	ast_frame_free(AST_LIST_FIRST(&frames), 0);
+
+	if (seqno < rtp->expectedrxseqno) {
 		/* If this is a packet from the past then we have received a duplicate packet, so just drop it */
 		ast_debug(2, "Received an old packet with sequence number '%d' on RTP instance '%p', dropping it\n",
 			seqno, instance);
@@ -7807,11 +7813,14 @@ static struct ast_frame *ast_rtp_read(struct ast_rtp_instance *instance, int rtc
 				ast_rtcp_calculate_sr_rr_statistics(instance, rtcp_report, remote_address, ice, sr);
 			}
 		}
-
-		return &ast_null_frame;
 	}
 
 	return &ast_null_frame;
+
+free_list_and_interpret:
+	ast_frame_free(AST_LIST_FIRST(&frames), 0);
+	return ast_rtp_interpret(instance, srtp, &addr, read_area, res, prev_seqno);
+
 }
 
 /*! \pre instance is locked */