diff --git a/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr.php b/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr.php
index 05d889091b..adf9c25588 100644
--- a/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr.php
+++ b/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr.php
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
 					}
 				//recording
 					if (permission_exists('xml_cdr_recording') && (permission_exists('xml_cdr_recording_play') || permission_exists('xml_cdr_recording_download'))) {
-						if ($record_path != '' && file_exists($record_path.'/'.$record_name)) {
+						if ($record_path != '') {
 							$content .= "	<td class='middle button center no-link no-wrap'>";
 							if (permission_exists('xml_cdr_recording_play')) {
 								$content .= 	"<audio id='recording_audio_".escape($row['xml_cdr_uuid'])."' style='display: none;' preload='none' ontimeupdate=\"update_progress('".escape($row['xml_cdr_uuid'])."')\" onended=\"recording_reset('".escape($row['xml_cdr_uuid'])."');\" src=\"download.php?id=".escape($row['xml_cdr_uuid'])."&t=record\" type='".escape($record_type)."'></audio>";