diff --git a/app/dialplans/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml b/app/dialplans/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml
index db0ed7d085..225e0c2b60 100644
--- a/app/dialplans/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml
+++ b/app/dialplans/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 	<condition field="${call_direction}" expression="^local$" break="never">
 		<action application="set" data="record_stereo=true" inline="true"/>
 	</condition>
+	<condition field="${record_path}" expression="^$"/>
+	<condition field="${record_name}" expression="^$"/>
 	<condition field="${record_session}" expression="^true$">
 		<action application="set" data="record_path=${recordings_dir}/${domain_name}/archive/${strftime(%Y)}/${strftime(%b)}/${strftime(%d)}" inline="true" enabled="true"/>
 		<action application="set" data="record_name=${uuid}.${record_ext}" inline="true" enabled="true"/>