diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index 8bec336848..cea456958a 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -5724,13 +5724,15 @@ static void sofia_handle_sip_i_state(switch_core_session_t *session, int status,
 			sdp_parser_t *parser;
 			sdp_session_t *sdp;
 
+			switch_channel_set_variable(channel, SWITCH_R_SDP_VARIABLE, r_sdp);
+
 			if (!(profile->ndlb & PFLAG_NDLB_ALLOW_NONDUP_SDP) || (!zstr(tech_pvt->remote_sdp_str) && !strcmp(tech_pvt->remote_sdp_str, r_sdp))) {
 				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Duplicate SDP\n%s\n", r_sdp);
 				is_dup_sdp = 1;
 			} else {
 				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Remote SDP:\n%s\n", r_sdp);
 				tech_pvt->remote_sdp_str = switch_core_session_strdup(session, r_sdp);
-				switch_channel_set_variable(channel, SWITCH_R_SDP_VARIABLE, r_sdp);
+				
 
 				if ((sofia_test_flag(tech_pvt, TFLAG_LATE_NEGOTIATION) || switch_channel_direction(channel) == SWITCH_CALL_DIRECTION_OUTBOUND) && (parser = sdp_parse(NULL, r_sdp, (int) strlen(r_sdp), 0))) {
 					if ((sdp = sdp_session(parser))) {