diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 9bdf9e299..de7eb641c 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -1844,6 +1844,9 @@ void call_destroy(struct call *c) {
 
 	rwlock_lock_w(&m->hashlock);
 	ret = g_hash_table_remove(m->callhash, &c->callid);
+	if (IS_BACKUP_CALL(c)) {
+		atomic64_dec(&m->stats.foreign_sessions);
+	}
 	if(!IS_BACKUP_CALL(c)) 	{
 		mutex_lock(&m->totalstats_interval.managed_sess_lock);
 		m->totalstats_interval.managed_sess_min = MIN(m->totalstats_interval.managed_sess_min,
@@ -1861,10 +1864,6 @@ void call_destroy(struct call *c) {
 		redis_delete(c, m->conf.redis_write);
 	}
 
-	if (c->redis_foreign_call) {
-		atomic64_dec(&m->stats.foreign_sessions);
-	}
-
 	rwlock_lock_w(&c->master_lock);
 	/* at this point, no more packet streams can be added */
 
diff --git a/daemon/redis.c b/daemon/redis.c
index 0f8e1acee..e5ef18a7d 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.c
+++ b/daemon/redis.c
@@ -316,14 +316,13 @@ void onRedisNotification(redisAsyncContext *actx, void *reply, void *privdata) {
 			goto err;
 		}
 		redis_restore_call(r, cm, rr->element[2]);
-		atomic64_inc(&cm->stats.foreign_sessions);
-		atomic64_inc(&cm->totalstats.total_foreign_sessions);
-
 		// we lookup again to retrieve the call to insert the kayspace db id
 		c = g_hash_table_lookup(cm->callhash, &callid);
 		if (c) {
 			c->redis_foreign_call = 1;
 			c->is_backup_call = 1;
+			atomic64_inc(&cm->stats.foreign_sessions);
+			atomic64_inc(&cm->totalstats.total_foreign_sessions);
 		}
 	}