diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index 366edf5c27..5692890ac2 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -2346,6 +2346,10 @@ static int play_file(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *filename)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!ast_fileexists(filename, NULL, chan->language)) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	ast_stopstream(chan);
 
 	res = ast_streamfile(chan, filename, chan->language);
diff --git a/include/asterisk/file.h b/include/asterisk/file.h
index 8def42ae5d..69de811652 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/file.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/file.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int ast_stopstream(struct ast_channel *c);
  * \param fmt the format you wish to check (the extension)
  * \param preflang (the preferred language you wisht to find the file in)
  * See if a given file exists in a given format.  If fmt is NULL,  any format is accepted.
- * \return -1 if file does not exist, non-zero positive otherwise.
+ * \return 0 if file does not exist, non-zero positive otherwise.
  */
 int ast_fileexists(const char *filename, const char *fmt, const char *preflang);