diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index d3ca370a62..2930b895c6 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -10323,9 +10323,15 @@ int ast_channel_connected_line_macro(struct ast_channel *autoservice_chan, struc
 
 		ast_party_connected_line_copy(ast_channel_connected(macro_chan), connected);
 	}
+	ast_channel_start_defer_frames(macro_chan);
 	ast_channel_unlock(macro_chan);
 
 	retval = ast_app_run_macro(autoservice_chan, macro_chan, macro, macro_args);
+
+	ast_channel_lock(macro_chan);
+	ast_channel_stop_defer_frames(macro_chan);
+	ast_channel_unlock(macro_chan);
+
 	if (!retval) {
 		struct ast_party_connected_line saved_connected;
 
@@ -10373,9 +10379,15 @@ int ast_channel_redirecting_macro(struct ast_channel *autoservice_chan, struct a
 
 		ast_party_redirecting_copy(ast_channel_redirecting(macro_chan), redirecting);
 	}
+	ast_channel_start_defer_frames(macro_chan);
 	ast_channel_unlock(macro_chan);
 
 	retval = ast_app_run_macro(autoservice_chan, macro_chan, macro, macro_args);
+
+	ast_channel_lock(macro_chan);
+	ast_channel_stop_defer_frames(macro_chan);
+	ast_channel_unlock(macro_chan);
+
 	if (!retval) {
 		struct ast_party_redirecting saved_redirecting;
 
@@ -10416,9 +10428,15 @@ int ast_channel_connected_line_sub(struct ast_channel *autoservice_chan, struct
 
 		ast_party_connected_line_copy(ast_channel_connected(sub_chan), connected);
 	}
+	ast_channel_start_defer_frames(sub_chan);
 	ast_channel_unlock(sub_chan);
 
 	retval = ast_app_run_sub(autoservice_chan, sub_chan, sub, sub_args, 0);
+
+	ast_channel_lock(sub_chan);
+	ast_channel_stop_defer_frames(sub_chan);
+	ast_channel_unlock(sub_chan);
+
 	if (!retval) {
 		struct ast_party_connected_line saved_connected;
 
@@ -10459,9 +10477,15 @@ int ast_channel_redirecting_sub(struct ast_channel *autoservice_chan, struct ast
 
 		ast_party_redirecting_copy(ast_channel_redirecting(sub_chan), redirecting);
 	}
+	ast_channel_start_defer_frames(sub_chan);
 	ast_channel_unlock(sub_chan);
 
 	retval = ast_app_run_sub(autoservice_chan, sub_chan, sub, sub_args, 0);
+
+	ast_channel_lock(sub_chan);
+	ast_channel_stop_defer_frames(sub_chan);
+	ast_channel_unlock(sub_chan);
+
 	if (!retval) {
 		struct ast_party_redirecting saved_redirecting;
 
diff --git a/res/res_agi.c b/res/res_agi.c
index 06e8a03e25..5e047d4c3d 100644
--- a/res/res_agi.c
+++ b/res/res_agi.c
@@ -4091,23 +4091,6 @@ static enum agi_result agi_handle_command(struct ast_channel *chan, AGI *agi, ch
 	return AGI_RESULT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-AST_LIST_HEAD_NOLOCK(deferred_frames, ast_frame);
-
-static void queue_deferred_frames(struct deferred_frames *deferred_frames,
-	struct ast_channel *chan)
-{
-	struct ast_frame *f;
-
-	if (!AST_LIST_EMPTY(deferred_frames)) {
-		ast_channel_lock(chan);
-		while ((f = AST_LIST_REMOVE_HEAD(deferred_frames, frame_list))) {
-			ast_queue_frame_head(chan, f);
-			ast_frfree(f);
-		}
-		ast_channel_unlock(chan);
-	}
-}
-
 static enum agi_result run_agi(struct ast_channel *chan, char *request, AGI *agi, int pid, int *status, int dead, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct ast_channel *c;
@@ -4126,9 +4109,6 @@ static enum agi_result run_agi(struct ast_channel *chan, char *request, AGI *agi
 	const char *sighup_str;
 	const char *exit_on_hangup_str;
 	int exit_on_hangup;
-	struct deferred_frames deferred_frames;
-
-	AST_LIST_HEAD_INIT_NOLOCK(&deferred_frames);
 
 	ast_channel_lock(chan);
 	sighup_str = pbx_builtin_getvar_helper(chan, "AGISIGHUP");
@@ -4190,20 +4170,8 @@ static enum agi_result run_agi(struct ast_channel *chan, char *request, AGI *agi
 					/* Write, ignoring errors */
 					if (write(agi->audio, f->data.ptr, f->datalen) < 0) {
 					}
-					ast_frfree(f);
-				} else if (ast_is_deferrable_frame(f)) {
-					struct ast_frame *dup_f;
-
-					if ((dup_f = ast_frisolate(f))) {
-						AST_LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&deferred_frames, dup_f, frame_list);
-					}
-
-					if (dup_f != f) {
-						ast_frfree(f);
-					}
-				} else {
-					ast_frfree(f);
 				}
+				ast_frfree(f);
 			}
 		} else if (outfd > -1) {
 			size_t len = sizeof(buf);
@@ -4251,8 +4219,6 @@ static enum agi_result run_agi(struct ast_channel *chan, char *request, AGI *agi
 				buf[buflen - 1] = '\0';
 			}
 
-			queue_deferred_frames(&deferred_frames, chan);
-
 			if (agidebug)
 				ast_verbose("<%s>AGI Rx << %s\n", ast_channel_name(chan), buf);
 			cmd_status = agi_handle_command(chan, agi, buf, dead);
@@ -4275,8 +4241,6 @@ static enum agi_result run_agi(struct ast_channel *chan, char *request, AGI *agi
 		}
 	}
 
-	queue_deferred_frames(&deferred_frames, chan);
-
 	if (agi->speech) {
 		ast_speech_destroy(agi->speech);
 	}