diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index b8bc2b7a8..a645fa0d2 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ upstream/0037-tls-do-kerberos-and-zlib-init-checks-only-for-libssl.patch
 # upsream fixes from master
 upstream/pv-new-function-pv_evalx-dst-fmt.patch
 upstream/pv_trans_cfg_line.patch
+upstream/dialog-check-if-dialog-exists-after-event-route-exec.patch
 #
 ##
 no_lib64_on_64_bits.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/upstream/dialog-check-if-dialog-exists-after-event-route-exec.patch b/debian/patches/upstream/dialog-check-if-dialog-exists-after-event-route-exec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c9f5eb6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/upstream/dialog-check-if-dialog-exists-after-event-route-exec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+From e4a11d715e3d4e47aa82b7e8e358000948e26c4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel-Constantin Mierla <miconda@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 17:06:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] dialog: check if dialog exists after event route execution
+
+- done for dlg_onroute(), as an extra safety for early detection of
+  races, related to GH #1059
+---
+ modules/dialog/dlg_handlers.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/modules/dialog/dlg_handlers.c b/modules/dialog/dlg_handlers.c
+index 539d248e0..2eb36f502 100644
+--- a/modules/dialog/dlg_handlers.c
++++ b/modules/dialog/dlg_handlers.c
+@@ -1226,12 +1226,14 @@ dlg_cell_t *dlg_get_msg_dialog(sip_msg_t *msg)
+  */
+ void dlg_onroute(struct sip_msg* req, str *route_params, void *param)
+ {
+-	dlg_cell_t *dlg;
+-	dlg_iuid_t *iuid;
++	dlg_cell_t *dlg = NULL;
++	dlg_cell_t *dlg0 = NULL;
++	dlg_iuid_t *iuid = NULL;
+ 	str val, callid, ftag, ttag;
+-	int h_entry, h_id, new_state, old_state, unref, event, timeout, reset;
+-	unsigned int dir;
+-	int ret = 0;
++	int h_entry=0, h_id=0, new_state=0, old_state=0;
++	int unref=0, event=0, timeout=0, reset=0;
++	unsigned int dir=0;
++	int ret=0;
+ 
+ 	dlg = dlg_get_ctx_dialog();
+ 	if (dlg!=NULL) {
+@@ -1321,8 +1323,10 @@ void dlg_onroute(struct sip_msg* req, str *route_params, void *param)
+ 
+     /* set current dialog - re-use ref increment from dlg_get() above */
+     set_current_dialog( req, dlg);
+-    _dlg_ctx.iuid.h_entry = dlg->h_entry;
+-    _dlg_ctx.iuid.h_id = dlg->h_id;
++    h_entry = dlg->h_entry;
++    h_id = dlg->h_id;
++    _dlg_ctx.iuid.h_entry = h_entry;
++    _dlg_ctx.iuid.h_id = h_id;
+ 
+ 	if(dlg->iflags & DLG_IFLAG_CSEQ_DIFF) {
+ 		if(dlg_cseq_refresh(req, dlg, dir)<0) {
+@@ -1364,6 +1368,15 @@ void dlg_onroute(struct sip_msg* req, str *route_params, void *param)
+ 
+ 	dlg_run_event_route(dlg, req, old_state, new_state);
+ 
++	dlg0 = dlg_lookup(h_entry, h_id);
++	if (dlg0==0) {
++		LM_ALERT("after event route - dialog not found [%u:%u] (%d/%d) (%p)\n",
++				h_entry, h_id, old_state, new_state, dlg);
++		return;
++	} else {
++		dlg_release(dlg0);
++	}
++
+ 	/* delay deletion of dialog until transaction has died off in order
+ 	 * to absorb in-air messages */
+ 	if (new_state==DLG_STATE_DELETED && old_state!=DLG_STATE_DELETED) {
+-- 
+2.11.0
+