From 8567c6f523b1d484932c80685b2d3afe2ea4bdfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NP v/d Spek <github_mail@lumensoft.nl>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:08:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make sure that only the component locking is in place.

---
 esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp b/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp
index 0b9c628543..2fc0f6b194 100644
--- a/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp
@@ -201,9 +201,6 @@ size_t I2SAudioSpeaker::play(const uint8_t *data, size_t length, TickType_t tick
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Cannot play new audio, it being used by an other audio component.");
     return 0;
   }
-  if (this->state_ == speaker::STATE_STOPPING) {
-    return 0;
-  }
 
   if (this->state_ != speaker::STATE_RUNNING && this->state_ != speaker::STATE_STARTING) {
     this->start();