diff --git a/engines/scumm/sound.cpp b/engines/scumm/sound.cpp
index c42d9adf459..62f65c22c1c 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/sound.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/sound.cpp
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ void Sound::soundKludge(int *list, int num) {
 }
 
 void Sound::talkSound(uint32 a, uint32 b, int mode, int channel) {
-	if (_vm->_game.version >= 6 && ConfMan.getBool("speech_mute"))
+	if (_vm->_game.version >= 5 && ConfMan.getBool("speech_mute"))
 		return;
 
 	if (mode == 1) {