diff --git a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
index 39d7467479..22f9d860f4 100644
--- a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
+++ b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 			if (skip_instructions == "true") then
 				--skip the instructions
 			else
-				if (string.len(dtmf_digits) == 0) then
+				if (dtmf_digits and string.len(dtmf_digits) == 0) then
 					dtmf_digits = macro(session, "record_message", 1, 100);
 				end
 			end
@@ -226,4 +226,4 @@
 					record_menu("message", voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid.."."..vm_message_ext);
 				end
 			end
-	end
\ No newline at end of file
+	end