diff --git a/modules/audio_coding/codecs/cng/audio_encoder_cng.cc b/modules/audio_coding/codecs/cng/audio_encoder_cng.cc
index 7546ac178f..de82cd99b9 100644
--- a/modules/audio_coding/codecs/cng/audio_encoder_cng.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_coding/codecs/cng/audio_encoder_cng.cc
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ AudioEncoderCng::AudioEncoderCng(AudioEncoderCngConfig&& config)
                       : CreateVad(config.vad_mode)),
       cng_encoder_(new ComfortNoiseEncoder(SampleRateHz(),
                                            sid_frame_interval_ms_,
-                                           num_cng_coefficients_)) {}
+                                           num_cng_coefficients_)) {
+  speech_encoder_->Reset();
+}
 
 AudioEncoderCng::~AudioEncoderCng() = default;