diff --git a/include/asterisk/translate.h b/include/asterisk/translate.h
index 9437fa4e9a..a81d0072ac 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/translate.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/translate.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct ast_trans_pvt {
 	struct ast_trans_pvt *next;	/*!< next in translator chain */
 	struct timeval nextin;
 	struct timeval nextout;
-} attribute_packed;
+};
 
 /*! \brief generic frameout function */
 struct ast_frame *ast_trans_frameout(struct ast_trans_pvt *pvt,
diff --git a/main/frame.c b/main/frame.c
index 9ac309fa31..1dafce9f84 100644
--- a/main/frame.c
+++ b/main/frame.c
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ static void frame_cache_cleanup(void *data)
 
 void ast_frame_free(struct ast_frame *fr, int cache)
 {
+	if (ast_test_flag(fr, AST_FRFLAG_FROM_TRANSLATOR))
+		ast_translate_frame_freed(fr);
+
 	if (!fr->mallocd)
 		return;
 
@@ -369,9 +372,6 @@ void ast_frame_free(struct ast_frame *fr, int cache)
 #endif			
 		free(fr);
 	}
-
-	if (ast_test_flag(fr, AST_FRFLAG_FROM_TRANSLATOR))
-		ast_translate_frame_freed(fr);
 }
 
 /*!