diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index a357e98..d5c61f8 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -666,7 +666,8 @@
         } else if (voice_extn_compress_voip_is_active(adev)) {
             voip_usecase = get_usecase_from_list(adev, USECASE_COMPRESS_VOIP_CALL);
             if ((voip_usecase->devices & AUDIO_DEVICE_OUT_ALL_CODEC_BACKEND) &&
-                (usecase->devices & AUDIO_DEVICE_OUT_ALL_CODEC_BACKEND)) {
+                (usecase->devices & AUDIO_DEVICE_OUT_ALL_CODEC_BACKEND) &&
+                 (voip_usecase->stream.out != adev->primary_output)) {
                     in_snd_device = voip_usecase->in_snd_device;
                     out_snd_device = voip_usecase->out_snd_device;
             }