diff --git a/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c b/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c
index c2eff79..8047171 100644
--- a/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c
+++ b/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c
@@ -1343,6 +1343,7 @@ static void process_text_json(const char *json_text)
                 s_request_to_speak_pending = false;
                 s_client_speech_active = false;
                 s_ptt_release_required = false;
+                s_drop_downstream_audio = false;
                 unlock_state();
             }
             stop_local_downstream_playback();