diff --git a/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c b/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c
index 97f553d733..47451c3ca6 100644
--- a/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c
+++ b/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c
@@ -389,31 +389,26 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_record_file(switch_core_session_t *se
 	const char *prefix, *var;
 
 
+	if (switch_channel_pre_answer(channel) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	}
+
 	prefix = switch_channel_get_variable(channel, "sound_prefix");
 
 	if (!prefix) {
 		prefix = SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.sounds_dir;
 	}
 
+	if (!switch_channel_media_ready(channel)) {
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+	}
+
 	switch_core_session_get_read_impl(session, &read_impl);
 
 	if (!(divisor = read_impl.actual_samples_per_second / 8000)) {
 		divisor = 1;
 	}
 
-
-	if (!switch_channel_ready(channel)) {
-		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
-	}
-
-	if (switch_channel_answer(channel) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
-	}
-
-	if (!switch_channel_media_ready(channel)) {
-		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
-	}
-
 	arg_recursion_check_start(args);
 
 	if (!fh) {