diff --git a/apps/talk.c b/apps/talk.c
index c327487962..0e3ff17a1b 100644
--- a/apps/talk.c
+++ b/apps/talk.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ void talk_init(void)
     filehandle = open_voicefile();
     size_t audiobufsz = audiobufend - audiobuf;
     /* test if we can open and if it fits in the audiobuffer */
-    has_voicefile = filehandle >= 0 && filesize(filehandle) > (off_t)audiobufsz;
+    has_voicefile = filehandle >= 0 && filesize(filehandle) <= (off_t)audiobufsz;
     voicefile_size = 0;
 
     if (has_voicefile)