diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/.update b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
index 8dbe07cc4f..e80341ad66 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/.update
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fri May 15 10:46:01 CDT 2009
+Fri May 15 10:47:06 CDT 2009
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nta/nta.c b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nta/nta.c
index e98fa0e4ba..d31e22a068 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nta/nta.c
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nta/nta.c
@@ -11007,10 +11007,12 @@ void reliable_timeout(nta_incoming_t *irq, int timeout)
 
   irq->irq_in_callback = 0;
 
+  if (!timeout)
+    return;
+
   if (irq->irq_completed && irq->irq_destroyed)
     incoming_free(irq), irq = NULL;
-
-  if (timeout && irq && irq->irq_status < 200)
+  else if (irq->irq_status < 200)
     nta_incoming_treply(irq, 503, "Reliable Response Time-Out", TAG_END());
 }