diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index bfbe49f6ff..75d4f72dbf 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -2513,15 +2513,15 @@ static struct ast_frame *__ast_read(struct ast_channel *chan, int dropaudio)
 		ast_frame_dump(chan->name, f, "<<");
 	chan->fin = FRAMECOUNT_INC(chan->fin);
 
-	if (f && f->datalen == 0 && f->data) {
+	if (f && f->frametype == AST_FRAME_CONTROL && f->subclass == AST_CONTROL_HOLD && f->datalen == 0 && f->data) {
 		/* fix invalid pointer */
 		f->data = NULL;
 #ifdef AST_DEVMODE
-		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Found frame with src '%s' on channel '%s' with datalen zero, but non-null data pointer!\n", f->src, chan->name);
+		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Found HOLD frame with src '%s' on channel '%s' with datalen zero, but non-null data pointer!\n", f->src, chan->name);
 		ast_frame_dump(chan->name, f, "<<");
 #else
 		if (option_debug > 2) {
-			ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Found frame with src '%s' on channel '%s' with datalen zero, but non-null data pointer!\n", f->src, chan->name);
+			ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Found HOLD frame with src '%s' on channel '%s' with datalen zero, but non-null data pointer!\n", f->src, chan->name);
 		}
 #endif
 	}