diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 7f32db0098..88f43b75e2 100755
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static int leave_voicemail(struct ast_channel *chan, char *ext, int silent, int
 			if (strlen(chan->macrocontext))
 				strncpy(chan->context, chan->macrocontext, sizeof(chan->context) - 1);
 			chan->priority = 0;
-			ast_softhangup(chan, AST_SOFTHANGUP_ASYNCGOTO);
 			free(copy);
 			return 0;
 		}