diff --git a/engine/client/voice.c b/engine/client/voice.c
index cfaebd91..6862c285 100644
--- a/engine/client/voice.c
+++ b/engine/client/voice.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Does proper entity index range checking and helps to avoid mess with off-by-one
 */
 static voice_status_t *Voice_GetPlayerStatus( int playerent )
 {
-	if ( playerent < 1 || playerent > MAX_CLIENTS )
+	if( playerent < 1 || playerent > MAX_CLIENTS )
 	{
 		Con_Printf( S_ERROR "%s: detected out-of-range player entity index\n", __func__ );
 		return NULL;
@@ -832,10 +832,9 @@ Sends notification to user dll and
 zeroes timeouts for this client
 =========================
 */
-void Voice_StatusAck( voice_status_t *status, int playerIndex )
+static void Voice_StatusAck( voice_status_t *status, int playerIndex )
 {
-	if( !status->talking_ack )
-		Voice_Status( playerIndex, true );
+	Voice_Status( playerIndex, true );
 
 	status->talking_ack = true;
 	status->talking_timeout = 0.0;
diff --git a/engine/client/voice.h b/engine/client/voice.h
index bbb77d7c..704336fa 100644
--- a/engine/client/voice.h
+++ b/engine/client/voice.h
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ void Voice_RecordStop( void );
 void Voice_RecordStart( void );
 void Voice_Disconnect( void );
 void Voice_AddIncomingData( int ent, const byte *data, uint size, uint frames );
-void Voice_StatusAck( voice_status_t *status, int playerIndex );
 void Voice_StartChannel( uint samples, byte *data, int entnum );
 
 #endif // VOICE_H