diff --git a/src/mesh/MeshService.cpp b/src/mesh/MeshService.cpp
index 650f6882b..ee4ddcd77 100644
--- a/src/mesh/MeshService.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/MeshService.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int MeshService::handleFromRadio(const meshtastic_MeshPacket *mp)
     }
 
     printPacket("Forwarding to phone", mp);
-    sendToPhone((meshtastic_MeshPacket *)mp);
+    sendToPhone(packetPool.allocCopy(*mp));
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void MeshService::sendToMesh(meshtastic_MeshPacket *p, RxSource src, bool ccToPh
     }
 
     if (ccToPhone) {
-        sendToPhone(p);
+        sendToPhone(packetPool.allocCopy(*p));
     }
 }
 
@@ -262,9 +262,8 @@ void MeshService::sendToPhone(meshtastic_MeshPacket *p)
             releaseToPool(d);
     }
 
-    meshtastic_MeshPacket *copied = packetPool.allocCopy(*p);
-    perhapsDecode(copied);
-    assert(toPhoneQueue.enqueue(copied, 0));
+    perhapsDecode(p);
+    assert(toPhoneQueue.enqueue(p, 0));
     fromNum++;
 }