diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/destroyExternalVideo.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/destroyExternalVideo.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd2b1772e37a6e3f2d1ae4bd8e60c9808dfdcf64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/destroyExternalVideo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
+import Logger from '/imports/startup/server/logger';
+
+export default function destroyExternalVideo(meetingId) {
+  const streamName = `external-videos-${meetingId}`;
+
+  if (Meteor.StreamerCentral.instances[streamName]) {
+    Logger.info(`Destroying External Video streamer object for ${streamName}`);
+    delete Meteor.StreamerCentral.instances[streamName];
+  }
+};
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/initializeExternalVideo.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/initializeExternalVideo.js
index d774abba7d240d85a2e4e6ee2e767c349be9de1f..85dbdaed280b821e03db109e862d66c1e8725e24 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/initializeExternalVideo.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/initializeExternalVideo.js
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ export default function initializeExternalVideo(credentials, options) {
 
   check(meetingId, String);
 
-  let streamer = new Meteor.Streamer(`external-videos-${meetingId}`);
-  streamer.allowRead('all');
-  streamer.allowWrite('all');
-  streamer.allowEmit(allowFromPresenter);
-}
+  const streamName = `external-videos-${meetingId}`;
+  if (!Meteor.StreamerCentral.instances[streamName]) {
+    streamer = new Meteor.Streamer(streamName);
+    streamer.allowRead('all');
+    streamer.allowWrite('all');
+    streamer.allowEmit(allowFromPresenter);
+  } else {
+    Logger.debug('External Video streamer is already created for ', streamName);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/meetings/server/handlers/meetingDestruction.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/meetings/server/handlers/meetingDestruction.js
index b99b79d8253874f877d83c43f1dd851cf373cfc0..35548fbfbd126e589ae6cd9e56a1445495723e16 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/meetings/server/handlers/meetingDestruction.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/meetings/server/handlers/meetingDestruction.js
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import RedisPubSub from '/imports/startup/server/redis';
 import { check } from 'meteor/check';
 
+import destroyExternalVideo from '/imports/api/external-videos/server/methods/destroyExternalVideo';
+
 export default function handleMeetingDestruction({ body }) {
   check(body, Object);
   const { meetingId } = body;
   check(meetingId, String);
 
+  destroyExternalVideo(meetingId);
+
   return RedisPubSub.destroyMeetingQueue(meetingId);
 }