diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_timer.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_timer.c
index fa2c55df9f..66fe8e14e1 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_timer.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_timer.c
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ ecore_timer_del(Ecore_Timer *timer)
 			 "ecore_timer_del");
 	return NULL;
      }
+
+   if (timer->frozen)
+     {
+	void *data = timer->data;
+
+	suspended = (Ecore_Timer *) eina_inlist_remove(EINA_INLIST_GET(suspended), EINA_INLIST_GET(timer));
+	free(timer);
+
+	if (timer->delete_me)
+	  timers_delete_me--;
+
+	return data;
+     }
+
    if (timer->delete_me) return timer->data;
    timers_delete_me++;
    timer->delete_me = 1;