diff --git a/channels/chan_h323.c b/channels/chan_h323.c
index cdc61440fc..c13ede3c38 100644
--- a/channels/chan_h323.c
+++ b/channels/chan_h323.c
@@ -2999,6 +2999,10 @@ static int h323_do_reload(void)
 
 static int reload(void)
 {
+	if (!sched || !io) {
+		ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Unload and load chan_h323.so again in order to receive configuration changes.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return h323_reload(0, 0, NULL);
 }