diff --git descriptor/sound_desc.cc descriptor/sound_desc.cc
index eade5ea962..5abbfe4253 100644
--- descriptor/sound_desc.cc
+++ descriptor/sound_desc.cc
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ DBG_MESSAGE("sound_desc_t::init()","assigned system sound %d to sound %s (id=%i)
 /* return sound id from index */
 sint16 sound_desc_t::get_sound_id(const char *name)
 {
-	if(  !sound_on  &&  (name==NULL  ||  *name==0)  ) {
+	if(  !sound_on  ||  name==NULL  ||  *name==0  ) {
 		return NO_SOUND;
 	}
 	sound_ids *s = name_sound.get(name);