diff --git a/src/switch_rtp.c b/src/switch_rtp.c
index 939aa1a37e..62ad9ffc7e 100644
--- a/src/switch_rtp.c
+++ b/src/switch_rtp.c
@@ -2257,12 +2257,11 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_rtp_zerocopy_read_frame(switch_rtp_t *rtp
 	frame->m = rtp_session->recv_msg.header.m ? SWITCH_TRUE : SWITCH_FALSE;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_ZRTP
-	if (zrtp_on && switch_test_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_ZRTP_FLAG_SECURE_MITM) && switch_test_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_ZRTP_FLAG_SECURE_RECV)) {
+	if (zrtp_on && switch_test_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_ZRTP_FLAG_SECURE_MITM)) {
 		frame->extra_data = rtp_session->zrtp_ctx;
 		switch_set_flag(frame, SFF_ZRTP);
 		if (rtp_session->zrtp_mitm_tries > 10) {
 			switch_clear_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_ZRTP_FLAG_SECURE_MITM);
-			rtp_session->zrtp_mitm_tries = 0;
 		}
 		rtp_session->zrtp_mitm_tries++;
 	}
@@ -2690,9 +2689,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_rtp_write_frame(switch_rtp_t *rtp_session, switch_fra
 	}
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_ZRTP
-	if (zrtp_on && switch_test_flag(frame, SFF_ZRTP) && switch_test_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_ZRTP_FLAG_SECURE_SEND)) {
+	if (zrtp_on && switch_test_flag(frame, SFF_ZRTP)) {
 		
-		if (zrtp_status_ok == zrtp_resolve_mitm_call(frame->extra_data, rtp_session->zrtp_ctx) || rtp_session->zrtp_mitm_tries > 10) {
+		if (zrtp_status_ok == zrtp_resolve_mitm_call(frame->extra_data, rtp_session->zrtp_ctx)) {
 			switch_clear_flag(rtp_session, SWITCH_ZRTP_FLAG_SECURE_MITM);
 		}
 		rtp_session->zrtp_mitm_tries++;