diff --git a/apps/playback.c b/apps/playback.c
index b80c33f3c4..727dc762ab 100644
--- a/apps/playback.c
+++ b/apps/playback.c
@@ -1799,6 +1799,7 @@ void voice_codec_thread(void)
     voice_codec_loaded = false;
     while (1) {
         status = 0;
+        voice_is_playing = false;
         queue_wait(&voice_codec_queue, &ev);
         switch (ev.id) {
             case CODEC_LOAD_DISK: