diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 7c0bdf6c1..87cd88f8f 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ upstream/usrloc-remove-destroy-of-internal-structures-on-mod-.patch
 upstream/htable-remove-destroy-of-internal-structures-on-mod-.patch
 upstream/presence-remove-destroy-of-internal-structures-on-mo.patch
 upstream/pua-remove-destroy-of-internal-structures-on-mod-des.patch
+upstream/tm_drop_stuck_transaction.patch
 ### relevant for upstream
 sipwise/dialplan-don-t-stop-loading-rules-on-error.patch
 sipwise/kamctl-TMPDIR-config.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/upstream/tm_drop_stuck_transaction.patch b/debian/patches/upstream/tm_drop_stuck_transaction.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e7cbadf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/upstream/tm_drop_stuck_transaction.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- a/src/modules/tm/t_lookup.c
++++ b/src/modules/tm/t_lookup.c
+@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ int t_unref(struct sip_msg *p_msg)
+ 		return -1;
+ 	if(p_msg->first_line.type == SIP_REQUEST) {
+ 		kr = get_kr();
+-		if(unlikely(kr == REQ_ERR_DELAYED)) {
++		if(unlikely(kr & REQ_ERR_DELAYED)) {
+ 			LM_DBG("delayed error reply generation(%d)\n", tm_error);
+ 			if(unlikely(is_route_type(FAILURE_ROUTE))) {
+ 				LM_BUG("called w/ kr=REQ_ERR_DELAYED in failure"
+@@ -2074,15 +2074,12 @@ int t_unref(struct sip_msg *p_msg)
+ 								   && !(kr & REQ_RLSD)))) {
+ 			LM_WARN("script writer didn't release transaction\n");
+ 			t_release_transaction(T);
+-		} else if(unlikely((kr & REQ_ERR_DELAYED)
+-						   && (kr
+-								   & ~(REQ_RLSD | REQ_RPLD | REQ_ERR_DELAYED
+-										   | REQ_FWDED)))) {
+-			LM_BUG("REQ_ERR DELAYED should have been caught much"
+-				   " earlier for %p: %d (hex %x)\n",
+-					T, kr, kr);
++		} else if(unlikely(T->nr_of_outgoings == 0
++						   && !(T->flags & T_IN_AGONY))) {
++			LM_WARN("dropping orphaned transaction without branches"
++				   " T=%p kr=%d\n", T, kr);
+ 			t_release_transaction(T);
+-		}
++ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	tm_error = 0; /* clear it */
+ 	UNREF(T);