diff --git a/src/mod/formats/mod_shout/mod_shout.c b/src/mod/formats/mod_shout/mod_shout.c
index 27bfcc5729..102a70e20d 100644
--- a/src/mod/formats/mod_shout/mod_shout.c
+++ b/src/mod/formats/mod_shout/mod_shout.c
@@ -876,6 +876,10 @@ static switch_status_t shout_file_read(switch_file_handle_t *handle, void *data,
 
 	*len = 0;
 
+	if (!context || context->err) {
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	}
+
 	if (context->fd) {
 		rb = decode_fd(context, data, bytes);
 	} else {
@@ -923,7 +927,16 @@ static switch_status_t shout_file_write(switch_file_handle_t *handle, void *data
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 	}
 
+	if (context->err) {
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	}
+
 	if (context->shout && !context->shout_init) {
+
+		if (!context->gfp) {
+			return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+		}
+
 		context->shout_init++;
 		if (shout_open(context->shout) != SHOUTERR_SUCCESS) {
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Error opening stream: %s\n", shout_get_error(context->shout));
diff --git a/src/switch_core_file.c b/src/switch_core_file.c
index 02cf503538..0c04c4c268 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_file.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_file.c
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_perform_file_open(const char *file,
 	char stream_name[128] = "";
 	char *rhs = NULL;
 
+	if (switch_test_flag(fh, SWITCH_FILE_OPEN)) {
+		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Handle already open\n");
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	}
+
 	if (switch_strlen_zero(file_path)) {
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid Filename\n");
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
@@ -140,6 +145,10 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_file_read(switch_file_handle_t *fh,
 	switch_assert(fh != NULL);
 	switch_assert(fh->file_interface != NULL);
 
+	if (!switch_test_flag(fh, SWITCH_FILE_OPEN)) {
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	}
+
  top:
 
 	if (fh->buffer && switch_buffer_inuse(fh->buffer) >= *len * 2) {
@@ -253,6 +262,10 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_file_write(switch_file_handle_t *fh,
 	switch_assert(fh != NULL);
 	switch_assert(fh->file_interface != NULL);
 
+	if (!switch_test_flag(fh, SWITCH_FILE_OPEN)) {
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	}
+
 	if (!fh->file_interface->file_write) {
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 	}