diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_libpri/ftmod_libpri.c b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_libpri/ftmod_libpri.c
index 68f0e9e5a4..8cbc0f4f45 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_libpri/ftmod_libpri.c
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_libpri/ftmod_libpri.c
@@ -515,23 +515,17 @@ static __inline__ void state_advance(ftdm_channel_t *chan)
 	switch (ftdm_channel_get_state(chan)) {
 	case FTDM_CHANNEL_STATE_DOWN:
 		{
+			ftdm_channel_t *chtmp = chan;
 			chan->call_data = NULL;
-			ftdm_channel_done(chan);
 
-			/*
-			 * Close channel completely, BRI PTMP will thank us
-			 */
-			if (ftdm_test_flag(chan, FTDM_CHANNEL_OPEN)) {
-				ftdm_channel_t *chtmp = chan;
-				if (ftdm_channel_close(&chtmp) != FTDM_SUCCESS) {
-					ftdm_log(FTDM_LOG_WARNING, "-- Failed to close channel %d:%d\n",
-						ftdm_channel_get_span_id(chan),
-						ftdm_channel_get_id(chan));
-				} else {
-					ftdm_log(FTDM_LOG_DEBUG, "-- Closed channel %d:%d\n",
-						ftdm_channel_get_span_id(chan),
-						ftdm_channel_get_id(chan));
-				}
+			if (ftdm_channel_close(&chtmp) != FTDM_SUCCESS) {
+				ftdm_log(FTDM_LOG_WARNING, "-- Failed to close channel %d:%d\n",
+					ftdm_channel_get_span_id(chan),
+					ftdm_channel_get_id(chan));
+			} else {
+				ftdm_log(FTDM_LOG_DEBUG, "-- Closed channel %d:%d\n",
+					ftdm_channel_get_span_id(chan),
+					ftdm_channel_get_id(chan));
 			}
 		}
 		break;