diff --git a/main/jitterbuf.c b/main/jitterbuf.c
index 834be8781..867b6948b 100644
--- a/main/jitterbuf.c
+++ b/main/jitterbuf.c
@@ -510,27 +510,33 @@ enum jb_return_code jb_put(jitterbuf *jb, void *data, const enum jb_frame_type t
 
 	jb_dbg2("jb_put(%x,%x,%ld,%ld,%ld)\n", jb, data, ms, ts, now);
 
-	jb->info.frames_in++;
+	numts = 0;
+	if (jb->frames)
+		numts = jb->frames->prev->ts - jb->frames->ts;
 
-	if (jb->frames && jb->dropem) 
+	if (numts >= jb->info.conf.max_jitterbuf) {
+		if (!jb->dropem) {
+			ast_debug(1, "Attempting to exceed Jitterbuf max %ld timeslots\n",
+				jb->info.conf.max_jitterbuf);
+			jb->dropem = 1;
+		}
+		jb->info.frames_dropped++;
 		return JB_DROP;
-	jb->dropem = 0;
+	} else {
+		jb->dropem = 0;
+	}
 
 	if (type == JB_TYPE_VOICE) {
 		/* presently, I'm only adding VOICE frames to history and drift calculations; mostly because with the
 		 * IAX integrations, I'm sending retransmitted control frames with their awkward timestamps through */
-		if (history_put(jb,ts,now,ms))
+		if (history_put(jb,ts,now,ms)) {
+			jb->info.frames_dropped++;
 			return JB_DROP;
+		}
 	}
-	numts = 0;
-	if (jb->frames)
-		numts = jb->frames->prev->ts - jb->frames->ts;
-	if (numts >= jb->info.conf.max_jitterbuf) {
-		ast_debug(1, "Attempting to exceed Jitterbuf max %ld timeslots\n",
-			jb->info.conf.max_jitterbuf);
-		jb->dropem = 1;
-		return JB_DROP;
-	}
+
+	jb->info.frames_in++;
+
 	/* if put into head of queue, caller needs to reschedule */
 	if (queue_put(jb,data,type,ms,ts)) {
 		return JB_SCHED;