diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
index 9986564cd..4439fe8f3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ namespace MWBase
             /// If the actor is not saying anything, returns 0.
 
             virtual SoundStream *playTrack(const MWSound::DecoderPtr& decoder, PlayType type) = 0;
-            ///< Play a 2D audio track, using a custom decoder
+            ///< Play a 2D audio track, using a custom decoder. The caller is expected to call
+            /// stopTrack with the returned handle when done.
 
             virtual void stopTrack(SoundStream *stream) = 0;
             ///< Stop the given audio track from playing
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
index f8b753a18..0dd3ef754 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -1083,7 +1083,6 @@ namespace MWSound
             if(!mOutput->isStreamPlaying(sound))
             {
                 mOutput->finishStream(sound);
-                mUnusedStreams.push_back(sound);
                 trkiter = mActiveTracks.erase(trkiter);
             }
             else