diff --git a/src/switch_ivr_async.c b/src/switch_ivr_async.c
index 2e9cd6e29a..9f1facbaae 100644
--- a/src/switch_ivr_async.c
+++ b/src/switch_ivr_async.c
@@ -4960,7 +4960,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_detect_speech(switch_core_session_t *
 		if (!(sth = switch_channel_get_private(channel, SWITCH_SPEECH_KEY))) {
 			return SWITCH_STATUS_NOT_INITALIZED;
 		}
-
+	} else {
 		switch_ivr_resume_detect_speech(session);
 	}