diff --git a/src/switch_rtp.c b/src/switch_rtp.c
index aec2cb0e22..fc533082f1 100644
--- a/src/switch_rtp.c
+++ b/src/switch_rtp.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_rtp_set_local_address(switch_rtp_t *rtp_s
 	switch_socket_t *new_sock = NULL, *old_sock = NULL;
 	switch_status_t status = SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 	*err = NULL;
+	char o[5] = "TEST", i[5] = "";
+	switch_size_t len;
 
 	if (switch_sockaddr_info_get(&rtp_session->local_addr, host, SWITCH_UNSPEC, port, 0, rtp_session->pool) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		*err = "Local Address Error!";
@@ -348,6 +350,14 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_rtp_set_local_address(switch_rtp_t *rtp_s
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	len = sizeof(i);
+	switch_socket_sendto(new_sock, rtp_session->local_addr, 0, (void *) o, &len);
+	switch_socket_recvfrom(rtp_session->from_addr, new_sock, 0, (void *) i, &len);
+
+	if (!len) {
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	old_sock = rtp_session->sock;
 	rtp_session->sock = new_sock;
 	new_sock = NULL;