diff --git a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_osmux.c b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_osmux.c
index 30a81cb..2d39b2c 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_osmux.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_osmux.c
@@ -492,6 +492,19 @@
 	osmux_handle_put(endp->osmux.in);
 }
 
+void osmux_release_cid(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
+{
+	if (endp->osmux.allocated_cid >= 0)
+		osmux_put_cid(endp->osmux.allocated_cid);
+	endp->osmux.allocated_cid = -1;
+}
+
+void osmux_allocate_cid(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
+{
+	osmux_release_cid(endp);
+	endp->osmux.allocated_cid = osmux_get_cid();
+}
+
 /* We don't need to send the dummy load for osmux so often as another endpoint
  * may have already punched the hole in the firewall. This approach is simple
  * though.
diff --git a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
index e2bda3a..42ce8bb 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
@@ -1314,6 +1314,7 @@
 		return -1;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < tcfg->number_endpoints; ++i) {
+		tcfg->endpoints[i].osmux.allocated_cid = -1;
 		tcfg->endpoints[i].ci = CI_UNUSED;
 		tcfg->endpoints[i].cfg = tcfg->cfg;
 		tcfg->endpoints[i].tcfg = tcfg;
@@ -1354,6 +1355,9 @@
 	if (endp->osmux.state == OSMUX_STATE_ENABLED)
 		osmux_disable_endpoint(endp);
 
+	/* release the circuit ID if it had been allocated */
+	osmux_release_cid(endp);
+
 	memset(&endp->taps, 0, sizeof(endp->taps));
 }