diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index 3612866665..0e29191046 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ struct ast_channel *ast_channel_alloc(int needqueue, int state, const char *cid_
 	int flags;
 	struct varshead *headp;
 	va_list ap1, ap2;
-	char *tech = "";
+	char *tech = "", *tech2 = NULL;
 
 	/* If shutting down, don't allocate any new channels */
 	if (shutting_down) {
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ alertpipe_failed:
 	tmp->cid.cid_num = ast_strdup(cid_num);
 	
 	if (!ast_strlen_zero(name_fmt)) {
-		char *slash;
+		char *slash, *slash2;
 		/* Almost every channel is calling this function, and setting the name via the ast_string_field_build() call.
 		 * And they all use slightly different formats for their name string.
 		 * This means, to set the name here, we have to accept variable args, and call the string_field_build from here.
@@ -830,6 +830,10 @@ alertpipe_failed:
 		va_end(ap2);
 		tech = ast_strdupa(tmp->name);
 		if ((slash = strchr(tech, '/'))) {
+			if ((slash2 = strchr(slash + 1, '/'))) {
+				tech2 = slash + 1;
+				*slash2 = '\0';
+			}
 			*slash = '\0';
 		}
 	}
@@ -886,7 +890,7 @@ alertpipe_failed:
 	 * proper and correct place to make this call, but you sure do have to pass
 	 * a lot of data into this func to do it here!
 	 */
-	if (ast_get_channel_tech(tech)) {
+	if (ast_get_channel_tech(tech) || (tech2 && ast_get_channel_tech(tech2))) {
 		manager_event(EVENT_FLAG_CALL, "Newchannel",
 		      "Channel: %s\r\n"
 		      "State: %s\r\n"