diff --git a/lib/media/track/localmediatrack.js b/lib/media/track/localmediatrack.js
index ce9434128..528b3912d 100644
--- a/lib/media/track/localmediatrack.js
+++ b/lib/media/track/localmediatrack.js
@@ -308,8 +308,10 @@ function restartWhenInadvertentlyStopped(localMediaTrack) {
     }).catch(error => {
       log.warn('Failed to detect silence:', error);
     }).finally(() => {
-      // Pause the dummy element again.
-      el.pause();
+      // Pause the dummy element again, if there is no processed track.
+      if (!localMediaTrack.processedTrack) {
+        el.pause();
+      }
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/media/track/localvideotrack.js b/lib/media/track/localvideotrack.js
index 601133605..90353f168 100644
--- a/lib/media/track/localvideotrack.js
+++ b/lib/media/track/localvideotrack.js
@@ -315,9 +315,10 @@ function workaroundSilentLocalVideo(localVideoTrack, doc) {
     }).catch(error => {
       log.warn('Failed to detect silence and restart:', error);
     }).finally(() => {
-      // If silent frames were not detected, then pause the dummy element again.
+      // If silent frames were not detected, then pause the dummy element again,
+      // if there is no processed track.
       el = localVideoTrack._dummyEl;
-      if (el && !el.paused) {
+      if (el && !el.paused && !localVideoTrack.processedTrack) {
         el.pause();
       }