diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index b0552a1096..8da75dedf8 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -4573,6 +4573,7 @@ static void queue_transfer_fixup(void *data, struct ast_channel *old_chan, struc
 	/* No need to lock the channels because they are already locked in ast_do_masquerade */
 	if ((datastore = ast_channel_datastore_find(old_chan, &queue_transfer_info, NULL))) {
 		ast_channel_datastore_remove(old_chan, datastore);
+		/* Datastore is freed in try_calling() */
 	} else {
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Can't find the queue_transfer datastore.\n");
 	}
@@ -5445,6 +5446,7 @@ static int try_calling(struct queue_ent *qe, const char *options, char *announce
 			}
 			if ((tds = ast_channel_datastore_find(qe->chan, &queue_transfer_info, NULL))) {	
 				ast_channel_datastore_remove(qe->chan, tds);
+				/* tds was added by setup_transfer_datastore() and is freed below. */
 			}
 			ast_channel_unlock(qe->chan);
 			update_queue(qe->parent, member, callcompletedinsl, (time(NULL) - callstart));
diff --git a/apps/app_speech_utils.c b/apps/app_speech_utils.c
index 3785119f54..5b20819014 100644
--- a/apps/app_speech_utils.c
+++ b/apps/app_speech_utils.c
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ static struct ast_speech *find_speech(struct ast_channel *chan)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	ast_channel_lock(chan);
 	datastore = ast_channel_datastore_find(chan, &speech_datastore, NULL);
+	ast_channel_unlock(chan);
 	if (datastore == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -298,6 +300,35 @@ static struct ast_speech *find_speech(struct ast_channel *chan)
 	return speech;
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \internal
+ * \brief Destroy the speech datastore on the given channel.
+ *
+ * \param chan Channel to destroy speech datastore.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 on success.
+ * \retval -1 not found.
+ */
+static int speech_datastore_destroy(struct ast_channel *chan)
+{
+	struct ast_datastore *datastore;
+	int res;
+
+	ast_channel_lock(chan);
+	datastore = ast_channel_datastore_find(chan, &speech_datastore, NULL);
+	if (datastore) {
+		ast_channel_datastore_remove(chan, datastore);
+	}
+	ast_channel_unlock(chan);
+	if (datastore) {
+		ast_datastore_free(datastore);
+		res = 0;
+	} else {
+		res = -1;
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
 /* Helper function to find a specific speech recognition result by number and nbest alternative */
 static struct ast_speech_result *find_result(struct ast_speech_result *results, char *result_num)
 {
@@ -519,7 +550,9 @@ static int speech_create(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 	}
 	pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "ERROR", NULL);
 	datastore->data = speech;
+	ast_channel_lock(chan);
 	ast_channel_datastore_add(chan, datastore);
+	ast_channel_unlock(chan);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -662,7 +695,6 @@ static int speech_background(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 	int oldreadformat = AST_FORMAT_SLINEAR;
 	char dtmf[AST_MAX_EXTENSION] = "";
 	struct timeval start = { 0, 0 }, current;
-	struct ast_datastore *datastore = NULL;
 	char *parse, *filename_tmp = NULL, *filename = NULL, tmp[2] = "", dtmf_terminator = '#';
 	const char *tmp2 = NULL;
 	struct ast_flags options = { 0 };
@@ -891,11 +923,7 @@ static int speech_background(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 
 	/* See if it was because they hung up */
 	if (done == 3) {
-		/* Destroy speech structure */
-		ast_speech_destroy(speech);
-		datastore = ast_channel_datastore_find(chan, &speech_datastore, NULL);
-		if (datastore != NULL)
-			ast_channel_datastore_remove(chan, datastore);
+		speech_datastore_destroy(chan);
 	} else {
 		/* Channel is okay so restore read format */
 		ast_set_read_format(chan, oldreadformat);
@@ -908,22 +936,10 @@ static int speech_background(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 /*! \brief SpeechDestroy() Dialplan Application */
 static int speech_destroy(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 {
-	int res = 0;
-	struct ast_speech *speech = find_speech(chan);
-	struct ast_datastore *datastore = NULL;
-
-	if (speech == NULL)
+	if (!chan) {
 		return -1;
-
-	/* Destroy speech structure */
-	ast_speech_destroy(speech);
-
-	datastore = ast_channel_datastore_find(chan, &speech_datastore, NULL);
-	if (datastore != NULL) {
-		ast_channel_datastore_remove(chan, datastore);
 	}
-
-	return res;
+	return speech_datastore_destroy(chan);
 }
 
 static int unload_module(void)
diff --git a/funcs/func_frame_trace.c b/funcs/func_frame_trace.c
index 9b2785e322..c290058b34 100644
--- a/funcs/func_frame_trace.c
+++ b/funcs/func_frame_trace.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ static int frame_trace_helper(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *cmd, char *d
 			id = datastore->data;
 			ast_framehook_detach(chan, *id);
 			ast_channel_datastore_remove(chan, datastore);
+			ast_datastore_free(datastore);
 		}
 
 		if (!(datastore = ast_datastore_alloc(&frame_trace_datastore, NULL))) {