diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_rtmp/mod_rtmp.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_rtmp/mod_rtmp.c
index 79d5a7626a..5226bad829 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_rtmp/mod_rtmp.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_rtmp/mod_rtmp.c
@@ -1219,11 +1219,7 @@ switch_status_t rtmp_session_logout(rtmp_session_t *rsession, const char *user,
 	switch_thread_rwlock_wrlock(rsession->account_rwlock);
 	for (account = rsession->account; account; account = account->next) {
 		if (!strcmp(account->user, user) && !strcmp(account->domain, domain)) {
-			if (prev) {
-				prev->next = account->next;
-			} else {
-				rsession->account = account->next;
-			}
+			rsession->account = account->next;
 		}
 	}
 	switch_thread_rwlock_unlock(rsession->account_rwlock);