diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 88264ca54..316476f06 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -525,8 +525,6 @@ void call_timer(void *ptr) {
 	kill_calls_timer(hlp.del_scheduled, NULL);
 	kill_calls_timer(hlp.del_timeout, rtpe_config.b2b_url);
 
-	ice_slow_timer();
-
 	struct timeval tv_stop;
 	gettimeofday(&tv_stop, NULL);
 	long long duration = timeval_diff(&tv_stop, &tv_start);
diff --git a/daemon/ice.c b/daemon/ice.c
index 25a40e9e8..4fd9b12fd 100644
--- a/daemon/ice.c
+++ b/daemon/ice.c
@@ -762,7 +762,18 @@ void ice_slow_timer(void) {
 	fragments_cleanup(false);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Separate thread for for ice slow timer functionality.
+ */
+void ice_slow_timer_iterator(void * dummy) {
+	while (!rtpe_shutdown) {
+		ice_slow_timer();
 
+		thread_cancel_enable();
+		usleep(1000000);			/* sleep for 1 second in each iteration */
+		thread_cancel_disable();
+	}
+}
 
 static void __fail_pair(struct ice_candidate_pair *pair) {
 	ilogs(ice, LOG_DEBUG, "Setting ICE candidate pair "PAIR_FORMAT" as failed", PAIR_FMT(pair));
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 974c9239c..8cbdf7c48 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -1358,6 +1358,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	thread_create_detach_prio(kernel_stats_updater_iterator, NULL, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
 			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "kernel stats updater");
 
+	/* separate thread for ice slow timer functionality */
+	thread_create_detach_prio(ice_slow_timer_iterator, NULL, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "ice slow timer");
+
 	if (!is_addr_unspecified(&rtpe_config.redis_ep.address) && initial_rtpe_config.redis_delete_async)
 		thread_create_detach(redis_delete_async_loop, NULL, "redis async");
 
diff --git a/include/ice.h b/include/ice.h
index e8d5036f0..175e7947b 100644
--- a/include/ice.h
+++ b/include/ice.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ bool trickle_ice_update(struct ng_buffer *ngbuf, struct call *call, struct sdp_n
 
 void ice_slow_timer(void);
 
-
+void ice_slow_timer_iterator(void * dummy);
 
 #include "call.h"
 
diff --git a/t/test-stats.c b/t/test-stats.c
index dbe9f8fc7..a0dfb3ebe 100644
--- a/t/test-stats.c
+++ b/t/test-stats.c
@@ -3233,6 +3233,7 @@ int main(void) {
 	call_timer(NULL);
 	stats_counters_calc_rate(&rtpe_stats, 150000000, &rtpe_stats_intv, &rtpe_stats_rate);
 	stats_rate_min_max(&rtpe_rate_graphite_min_max, &rtpe_stats_rate);
+	ice_slow_timer();
 
 	RTPE_STATS_ADD(ng_commands[NGC_OFFER], 100);
 	rtpe_now.tv_sec += 2;
@@ -3241,6 +3242,7 @@ int main(void) {
 	call_timer(NULL);
 	stats_counters_calc_rate(&rtpe_stats, 2000000, &rtpe_stats_intv, &rtpe_stats_rate);
 	stats_rate_min_max(&rtpe_rate_graphite_min_max, &rtpe_stats_rate);
+	ice_slow_timer();
 
 	// timer run time interval increased
 	rtpe_now.tv_sec += 5;
@@ -3249,6 +3251,7 @@ int main(void) {
 	call_timer(NULL);
 	stats_counters_calc_rate(&rtpe_stats, 5000000, &rtpe_stats_intv, &rtpe_stats_rate);
 	stats_rate_min_max(&rtpe_rate_graphite_min_max, &rtpe_stats_rate);
+	ice_slow_timer();
 
 	graph_str = print_graphite_data();
 	assert_g_string_eq(graph_str,