diff --git a/channel.c b/channel.c
index 011bdaef3e..bf1f3637c2 100644
--- a/channel.c
+++ b/channel.c
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ char *ast_recvtext(struct ast_channel *chan, int timeout)
 		if (f->frametype == AST_FRAME_CONTROL && f->subclass == AST_CONTROL_HANGUP)
 			done = 1;	/* force a break */
 		else if (f->frametype == AST_FRAME_TEXT) {		/* what we want */
-			buf = strndup((char *) f->data, f->datalen);	/* dup and break */
+			buf = ast_strndup((char *) f->data, f->datalen);	/* dup and break */
 			done = 1;
 		}
 		ast_frfree(f);