diff --git a/res/res_pjsip.c b/res/res_pjsip.c
index 34edc8ca51..8ecdb03825 100644
--- a/res/res_pjsip.c
+++ b/res/res_pjsip.c
@@ -3578,7 +3578,7 @@ int ast_sip_failover_request(pjsip_tx_data *tdata)
 {
 	pjsip_via_hdr *via;
 
-	if (tdata->dest_info.cur_addr == tdata->dest_info.addr.count - 1) {
+	if (!tdata->dest_info.addr.count || (tdata->dest_info.cur_addr == tdata->dest_info.addr.count - 1)) {
 		/* No more addresses to try */
 		return 0;
 	}