diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 7e58f7f0e0..4e3591ebe4 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -19371,7 +19371,7 @@ static int handle_request_invite(struct sip_pvt *p, struct sip_request *req, int
 	p->reqsipoptions = required_profile;
 
 	/* Check if this is a loop */
-	if (ast_test_flag(&p->flags[0], SIP_OUTGOING) && p->owner && (p->owner->_state != AST_STATE_UP)) {
+	if (ast_test_flag(&p->flags[0], SIP_OUTGOING) && p->owner && (p->invitestate != INV_TERMINATED && p->invitestate != INV_CONFIRMED)) {
 		/* This is a call to ourself.  Send ourselves an error code and stop
 	   	processing immediately, as SIP really has no good mechanism for
 	   	being able to call yourself */
@@ -19971,9 +19971,21 @@ static int handle_request_invite(struct sip_pvt *p, struct sip_request *req, int
 			p->invitestate = INV_PROCEEDING;
 			break;
 		case AST_STATE_RINGING:
-			transmit_response(p, "180 Ringing", req);
-			p->invitestate = INV_PROCEEDING;
-			break;
+			if (reinvite && (p->invitestate == INV_TERMINATED || p->invitestate == INV_CONFIRMED)) {
+			/* If these conditions are true, and the channel is still in the 'ringing'
+			 * state, then this likely means that we have a situation where the initial
+			 * INVITE transaction has completed *but* the channel's state has not yet been
+			 * changed to UP. The reason this could happen is if the reinvite is received
+			 * on the SIP socket prior to an application calling ast_read on this channel
+			 * to read the answer frame we earlier queued on it. In this case, the reinvite
+			 * is completely legitimate so we need to handle this the same as if the channel 
+			 * were already UP. Thus we are purposely falling through to the AST_STATE_UP case.
+			 */
+			} else {
+				transmit_response(p, "180 Ringing", req);
+				p->invitestate = INV_PROCEEDING;
+				break;
+			}
 		case AST_STATE_UP:
 			ast_debug(2, "%s: This call is UP.... \n", c->name);