diff --git a/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.cc b/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.cc
index 2d485ae719..712bb66a70 100644
--- a/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.cc
+++ b/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.cc
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ void SharedData::set_audio_processing(AudioProcessing* audioproc) {
   _outputMixerPtr->SetAudioProcessingModule(audioproc);
 }
 
-uint16_t SharedData::NumOfSendingChannels() {
+int SharedData::NumOfSendingChannels() {
   ChannelManager::Iterator it(&_channelManager);
-  uint16_t sending_channels = 0;
+  int sending_channels = 0;
 
   for (ChannelManager::Iterator it(&_channelManager); it.IsValid();
        it.Increment()) {
@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ uint16_t SharedData::NumOfSendingChannels() {
   return sending_channels;
 }
 
+int SharedData::NumOfPlayingChannels() {
+  ChannelManager::Iterator it(&_channelManager);
+  int playout_channels = 0;
+
+  for (ChannelManager::Iterator it(&_channelManager); it.IsValid();
+       it.Increment()) {
+    if (it.GetChannel()->Playing())
+      ++playout_channels;
+  }
+
+  return playout_channels;
+}
+
 void SharedData::SetLastError(int32_t error) const {
   _engineStatistics.SetLastError(error);
 }
diff --git a/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.h b/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.h
index 7c7ad5c93b..dd76e96abd 100644
--- a/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.h
+++ b/webrtc/voice_engine/shared_data.h
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public:
       _audioDeviceLayer = layer;
     }
 
-    uint16_t NumOfSendingChannels();
+    int NumOfSendingChannels();
+    int NumOfPlayingChannels();
 
     // Convenience methods for calling statistics().SetLastError().
     void SetLastError(int32_t error) const;
diff --git a/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc b/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc
index ab78f77440..c76e06deed 100644
--- a/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc
+++ b/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ int32_t VoEBaseImpl::StopPlayout() {
                VoEId(_shared->instance_id(), -1),
                "VoEBaseImpl::StopPlayout()");
   // Stop audio-device playing if no channel is playing out
-  if (_shared->NumOfSendingChannels() == 0) {
+  if (_shared->NumOfPlayingChannels() == 0) {
     if (_shared->audio_device()->StopPlayout() != 0) {
       _shared->SetLastError(VE_CANNOT_STOP_PLAYOUT,
                             kTraceError,