diff --git a/libs/backends/dummy/dummy_audiobackend.cc b/libs/backends/dummy/dummy_audiobackend.cc
index 73ddc8225b..995c6cb6aa 100644
--- a/libs/backends/dummy/dummy_audiobackend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/dummy/dummy_audiobackend.cc
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ DummyAudioBackend::my_name () const
 bool
 DummyAudioBackend::available () const
 {
-	return true;
+	return _running;
 }
 
 uint32_t