diff --git a/channels/chan_dahdi.c b/channels/chan_dahdi.c
index 8cabc79c82..28fd65f4d2 100644
--- a/channels/chan_dahdi.c
+++ b/channels/chan_dahdi.c
@@ -652,14 +652,6 @@ static int cur_defaultdpc = -1;
 #endif	/* defined(HAVE_SS7) */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENR2
-struct dahdi_mfcr2 {
-	pthread_t r2master;		       /*!< Thread of master */
-	openr2_context_t *protocol_context;    /*!< OpenR2 context handle */
-	struct dahdi_pvt *pvts[SIG_MFCR2_MAX_CHANNELS];     /*!< Member channel pvt structs */
-	int numchans;                          /*!< Number of channels in this R2 block */
-	int monitored_count;                   /*!< Number of channels being monitored */
-};
-
 struct dahdi_mfcr2_conf {
 	openr2_variant_t variant;
 	int mfback_timeout;
@@ -694,6 +686,15 @@ struct dahdi_mfcr2_conf {
 	openr2_calling_party_category_t category;
 };
 
+/* MFC-R2 pseudo-link structure */
+struct dahdi_mfcr2 {
+	pthread_t r2master;		       /*!< Thread of master */
+	openr2_context_t *protocol_context;    /*!< OpenR2 context handle */
+	struct dahdi_pvt *pvts[SIG_MFCR2_MAX_CHANNELS];     /*!< Member channel pvt structs */
+	int numchans;                          /*!< Number of channels in this R2 block */
+	struct dahdi_mfcr2_conf conf;         /*!< Configuration used to setup this pseudo-link */
+};
+
 /* malloc'd array of malloc'd r2links */
 static struct dahdi_mfcr2 **r2links;
 /* how many r2links have been malloc'd */
@@ -12588,14 +12589,20 @@ static void dahdi_r2_destroy_links(void)
 	r2links_count = 0;
 }
 
-#define R2_LINK_CAPACITY 10
-static struct dahdi_mfcr2 *dahdi_r2_get_link(void)
+/* This is an artificial convenient capacity, to keep at most a full E1 of channels in a single thread */
+#define R2_LINK_CAPACITY 30
+static struct dahdi_mfcr2 *dahdi_r2_get_link(const struct dahdi_chan_conf *conf)
 {
 	struct dahdi_mfcr2 *new_r2link = NULL;
 	struct dahdi_mfcr2 **new_r2links = NULL;
-	/* this function is called just when starting up and no monitor threads have been launched,
-	   no need to lock monitored_count member */
-	if (!r2links_count || (r2links[r2links_count - 1]->monitored_count == R2_LINK_CAPACITY)) {
+
+	/* Only create a new R2 link if 
+	   1. This is the first link requested
+	   2. Configuration changed 
+	   3. We got more channels than supported per link */
+	if (!r2links_count ||
+	    memcmp(&conf->mfcr2, &r2links[r2links_count - 1]->conf, sizeof(conf->mfcr2)) ||
+	   (r2links[r2links_count - 1]->numchans == R2_LINK_CAPACITY)) {
 		new_r2link = ast_calloc(1, sizeof(**r2links));
 		if (!new_r2link) {
 			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Cannot allocate R2 link!\n");
@@ -12667,7 +12674,8 @@ static int dahdi_r2_set_context(struct dahdi_mfcr2 *r2_link, const struct dahdi_
 			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to configure r2context from advanced configuration file %s\n", conf->mfcr2.r2proto_file);
 		}
 	}
-	r2_link->monitored_count = 0;
+	/* Save the configuration used to setup this link */
+	memcpy(&r2_link->conf, conf, sizeof(r2_link->conf));
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
@@ -12898,7 +12906,7 @@ static struct dahdi_pvt *mkintf(int channel, const struct dahdi_chan_conf *conf,
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENR2
 			if (chan_sig == SIG_MFCR2) {
 				struct dahdi_mfcr2 *r2_link;
-				r2_link = dahdi_r2_get_link();
+				r2_link = dahdi_r2_get_link(conf);
 				if (!r2_link) {
 					ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Cannot get another R2 DAHDI context!\n");
 					destroy_dahdi_pvt(tmp);
@@ -12940,7 +12948,6 @@ static struct dahdi_pvt *mkintf(int channel, const struct dahdi_chan_conf *conf,
 				tmp->mfcr2call = 0;
 				tmp->mfcr2_dnis_index = 0;
 				tmp->mfcr2_ani_index = 0;
-				r2_link->monitored_count++;
 			}
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_PRI