diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
index 6aa394a3..ecb4bd66 100644
--- a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public class TtsService extends TextToSpeechService {
 
     @Override
     protected synchronized void onSynthesizeText(SynthesisRequest request, SynthesisCallback callback) {
-        if (selectVoice(request) == TextToSpeech.ERROR)
+        if (mMatchingVoice == null)
             return;
 
         String text = getRequestString(request);