diff --git a/main/astobj2.c b/main/astobj2.c
index 761027679b..a9e0d7a361 100644
--- a/main/astobj2.c
+++ b/main/astobj2.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ struct ao2_container *__ao2_container_alloc_debug(unsigned int options,
 	/* compute the container size */
 	unsigned int num_buckets = hash_fn ? n_buckets : 1;
 	size_t container_size = sizeof(struct ao2_container) + num_buckets * sizeof(struct bucket);
-	struct ao2_container *c = __ao2_alloc_debug(container_size, container_destruct_debug, options, tag, file, line, func, ref_debug);
+	struct ao2_container *c = __ao2_alloc_debug(container_size, ref_debug ? container_destruct_debug : container_destruct, options, tag, file, line, func, ref_debug);
 
 	return internal_ao2_container_alloc(c, num_buckets, hash_fn, cmp_fn);
 }