diff --git a/src/switch_core_media.c b/src/switch_core_media.c
index c0163f07e6..a04e1c6c90 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_media.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_media.c
@@ -8943,11 +8943,11 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_media_receive_message(switch_core_se
 		break;
 
 	case SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_HARD_MUTE:
-		{
-			if (session->bugs) {
+		if (a_engine->rtp_session) {
+			if (session->bugs && msg->numeric_arg) {
 				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_WARNING, 
 								  "%s has a media bug, hard mute not allowed.\n", switch_channel_get_name(session->channel));
-			} else if (a_engine->rtp_session) {
+			} else {
 				if (msg->numeric_arg) {
 					switch_rtp_set_flag(a_engine->rtp_session, SWITCH_RTP_FLAG_MUTE);
 				} else {
diff --git a/src/switch_core_media_bug.c b/src/switch_core_media_bug.c
index 681bd4d173..3a02f2f441 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_media_bug.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_media_bug.c
@@ -854,6 +854,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_media_bug_add(switch_core_session_t
 		switch_event_fire(&event);
 	}
 
+	switch_core_media_hard_mute(session, SWITCH_FALSE);
+
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }