diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c
index 7180ea1d6b..61feecd36d 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_translate/mod_translate.c
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ static void translate_number(char *number, char *profile, char **translated, swi
 	translate_rule_t *hi = NULL;
 	translate_rule_t *rule = NULL;
 	switch_regex_t *re = NULL;
-	int proceed = 0, ovector[30], subbedlen = 0;
-	char *substituted = NULL, *subbed = NULL, *session_malloc = NULL;
-	uint32_t len = 1024;
+	int proceed = 0, ovector[30];
+	char *substituted = NULL, *subbed = NULL;
+	uint32_t len = 0;
 
 	if (!profile) {
 		profile = "US";
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ static void translate_number(char *number, char *profile, char **translated, swi
 	for (rule = hi; rule; rule = rule->next) {
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "%s =~ /%s/\n", number, rule->regex);
 		if ((proceed = switch_regex_perform(number, rule->regex, &re, ovector, sizeof(ovector) / sizeof(ovector[0])))) {
-			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "%s matched %s, replacing with %s\n", number, rule->regex, rule->replace);
-			if (!(substituted = switch_core_session_alloc(session, len))) {
+			len = (uint32_t) (strlen(number) + strlen(rule->replace) + 10) * proceed;
+			if (!(substituted = malloc(len))) {
 				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Memory Error!\n");
 				switch_regex_safe_free(re);
 				goto end;
 			}
 			memset(substituted, 0, len);
-
+			
 			switch_perform_substitution(re, proceed, rule->replace, number, substituted, len, ovector);
 
 			if ((switch_string_var_check_const(substituted) || switch_string_has_escaped_data(substituted))) {
@@ -154,16 +154,11 @@ static void translate_number(char *number, char *profile, char **translated, swi
 					subbed = switch_event_expand_headers(event, substituted);
 				}
 
-				subbedlen = strlen(subbed) + 1;
-				session_malloc = (char *)switch_core_session_alloc(session, subbedlen);
-				memset(session_malloc, 0, subbedlen);
-				strncpy(session_malloc, subbed, subbedlen);
-				if (subbed != substituted)
-				{
+				substituted = switch_core_session_strdup(session, subbed);
+
+				if (subbed != substituted) {
 					switch_safe_free(subbed);
 				}
-
-				substituted = session_malloc;
 			}
 
 			break;