diff --git a/src/core/parser/msg_parser.c b/src/core/parser/msg_parser.c
index 91095bf5741..ca0bf789c5e 100644
--- a/src/core/parser/msg_parser.c
+++ b/src/core/parser/msg_parser.c
@@ -806,11 +806,14 @@ int set_path_vector(struct sip_msg* msg, str* path)
 
 void reset_path_vector(struct sip_msg* const msg)
 {
-	if (msg->path_vec.s) {
-		pkg_free(msg->path_vec.s);
+	if (!shm_address_in(msg->path_vec.s)) {
+		if (msg->path_vec.s)
+			pkg_free(msg->path_vec.s);
+		msg->path_vec.s = 0;
+		msg->path_vec.len = 0;
+	} else {
+		LM_WARN("Found path_vec that is not in pkg mem!\n");
 	}
-	msg->path_vec.s = 0;
-	msg->path_vec.len = 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/modules/corex/corex_lib.c b/src/modules/corex/corex_lib.c
index ec5334cb2e3..3d3f73c0bd6 100644
--- a/src/modules/corex/corex_lib.c
+++ b/src/modules/corex/corex_lib.c
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ int corex_append_branch(sip_msg_t *msg, str *uri, str *qv)
 		msg->dst_uri.len = 0;
 
 		/* if this is a cloned message, don't free the path vector as it was copied into shm memory and will be freed as contiguous block*/
-		if (!(msg->msg_flags&FL_SHM_CLONE)) {
-			if(msg->path_vec.s!=0)
+		if (!shm_address_in(msg->path_vec.s)) {
+			if (msg->path_vec.s)
 				pkg_free(msg->path_vec.s);
 			msg->path_vec.s = 0;
 			msg->path_vec.len = 0;
+		} else {
+			LM_WARN("Found path_vec that is not in pkg mem!\n");
 		}
 	}