diff --git a/modules/tm/sip_msg.c b/modules/tm/sip_msg.c
index df9b559852..8d54ca6272 100644
--- a/modules/tm/sip_msg.c
+++ b/modules/tm/sip_msg.c
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ struct sip_msg*  sip_msg_cloner( struct sip_msg *org_msg, int *sip_msg_len,
 				else if ( !new_msg->via2 )
 				{
 					LINK_SIBLING_HEADER(h_via1, new_hdr);
-					new_msg->h_via2 = new_hdr;
 					new_msg->via2 = via_body_cloner( new_msg->buf,
 						org_msg->buf, (struct via_body*)hdr->parsed, &p);
 					new_hdr->parsed  = (void*)new_msg->via2;
diff --git a/parser/msg_parser.c b/parser/msg_parser.c
index a68bec763c..2c0b5ffcb0 100644
--- a/parser/msg_parser.c
+++ b/parser/msg_parser.c
@@ -589,20 +589,13 @@ int parse_headers_aux(struct sip_msg* msg, hdr_flags_t flags, int next, int sip_
 				link_sibling_hdr(h_via1,hf);
 				msg->parsed_flag|=HDR_VIA_F;
 				LM_DBG("via found, flags=%llx\n", (unsigned long long)flags);
-				if (sip_well_known_parse) {
-					if (msg->via1==0) {
-						LM_DBG("this is the first via\n");
-						msg->h_via1=hf;
-						msg->via1=hf->parsed;
-						if (msg->via1->next){
-							msg->via2=msg->via1->next;
-							msg->parsed_flag|=HDR_VIA2_F;
-						}
-					}else if (msg->via2==0){
-						msg->h_via2=hf;
-						msg->via2=hf->parsed;
+				if (sip_well_known_parse && msg->via1==0) {
+					LM_DBG("this is the first via\n");
+					msg->h_via1=hf;
+					msg->via1=hf->parsed;
+					if (msg->via1->next){
+						msg->via2=msg->via1->next;
 						msg->parsed_flag|=HDR_VIA2_F;
-						LM_DBG("parse_headers: this is the second via\n");
 					}
 				}
 				break;
diff --git a/parser/msg_parser.h b/parser/msg_parser.h
index 9567594f01..bdd62162d9 100644
--- a/parser/msg_parser.h
+++ b/parser/msg_parser.h
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ struct sip_msg {
 	 * (WARNING: do not deallocate them twice!)*/
 
 	struct hdr_field* h_via1;
-	struct hdr_field* h_via2;
 	struct hdr_field* callid;
 	struct hdr_field* to;
 	struct hdr_field* cseq;