diff --git a/src/switch_core_codec.c b/src/switch_core_codec.c
index ac21fa4567..69883f8122 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_codec.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_codec.c
@@ -614,14 +614,18 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_codec_reset(switch_codec_t *codec)
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_codec_copy(switch_codec_t *codec, switch_codec_t *new_codec,
 													   const switch_codec_settings_t *codec_settings, switch_memory_pool_t *pool)
 {
+	uint32_t codec_rate;
 	switch_assert(codec != NULL);
 	switch_assert(new_codec != NULL);
 
+	codec_rate = !strcasecmp(codec->implementation->iananame, "g722")
+				? codec->implementation->samples_per_second : codec->implementation->actual_samples_per_second;
+
 	return switch_core_codec_init(new_codec,
 								  codec->implementation->iananame,
 								  codec->implementation->modname,
 								  codec->fmtp_in,
-								  codec->implementation->actual_samples_per_second,
+								  codec_rate,
 								  codec->implementation->microseconds_per_packet / 1000,
 								  codec->implementation->number_of_channels,
 								  codec->flags,
diff --git a/tests/unit/conf/freeswitch.xml b/tests/unit/conf/freeswitch.xml
index fe2fe1b17c..abdbcd4ae5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/conf/freeswitch.xml
+++ b/tests/unit/conf/freeswitch.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
         <load module="mod_console"/>
 		<load module="mod_loopback"/>
 		<load module="mod_opus"/>
+		<load module="mod_spandsp"/>
+		<load module="mod_amr"/>
+		<load module="mod_amrwb"/>
       </modules>
     </configuration>
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/switch_core_codec.c b/tests/unit/switch_core_codec.c
index 4926de6b84..b01d5220c5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/switch_core_codec.c
+++ b/tests/unit/switch_core_codec.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ FST_CORE_BEGIN("./conf")
 		FST_SETUP_BEGIN()
 		{
 			fst_requires_module("mod_opus");
+			fst_requires_module("mod_spandsp");
 		}
 		FST_SETUP_END()
 
@@ -101,6 +102,20 @@ FST_CORE_BEGIN("./conf")
 			switch_core_codec_copy(&orig_codec, &new_codec, NULL, NULL);
 			fst_check(orig_codec.implementation->samples_per_second == new_codec.implementation->samples_per_second);
 			fst_check(orig_codec.implementation->actual_samples_per_second == new_codec.implementation->actual_samples_per_second);
+ 
+			status = switch_core_codec_init(&orig_codec,
+			"G722",
+			"mod_spandsp",
+			NULL,
+			8000,
+			20,
+			1, SWITCH_CODEC_FLAG_ENCODE | SWITCH_CODEC_FLAG_DECODE,
+			&codec_settings, fst_pool);
+			fst_check(status == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS);
+
+			switch_core_codec_copy(&orig_codec, &new_codec, NULL, NULL);
+			fst_check(orig_codec.implementation->samples_per_second == new_codec.implementation->samples_per_second);
+			fst_check(orig_codec.implementation->actual_samples_per_second == new_codec.implementation->actual_samples_per_second);
 
 		}
 		FST_TEST_END()