diff --git a/audio/audio_driver.c b/audio/audio_driver.c
index f5978240da..592a8d73fb 100644
--- a/audio/audio_driver.c
+++ b/audio/audio_driver.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static bool init_audio(void)
 
    /* Resource leaks will follow if audio is initialized twice. */
    if (audio_driver_context_audio_data)
-      return false;
+      return true;
 
    /* Accomodate rewind since at some point we might have two full buffers. */
    outsamples_max = max_bufsamples * AUDIO_MAX_RATIO *