diff --git a/packages/hms-video-store/src/analytics/AnalyticsEventFactory.ts b/packages/hms-video-store/src/analytics/AnalyticsEventFactory.ts
index 4197182456..6f0a278eb2 100644
--- a/packages/hms-video-store/src/analytics/AnalyticsEventFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/hms-video-store/src/analytics/AnalyticsEventFactory.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export default class AnalyticsEventFactory {
   static audioRecovered(message: string) {
     return new AnalyticsEvent({
       name: 'audioRecovered',
-      level: AnalyticsEventLevel.VERBOSE,
+      level: AnalyticsEventLevel.INFO,
       properties: {
         message,
       },
diff --git a/packages/hms-video-store/src/audio-sink-manager/AudioSinkManager.ts b/packages/hms-video-store/src/audio-sink-manager/AudioSinkManager.ts
index 9359b0b88e..e61f53a60f 100644
--- a/packages/hms-video-store/src/audio-sink-manager/AudioSinkManager.ts
+++ b/packages/hms-video-store/src/audio-sink-manager/AudioSinkManager.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { HMSRemoteAudioTrack } from '../media/tracks';
 import { HMSRemotePeer } from '../sdk/models/peer';
 import { Store } from '../sdk/store';
 import HMSLogger from '../utils/logger';
-import { sleep } from '../utils/timer-utils';
 
 /**
  * Following are the errors thrown when autoplay is blocked in different browsers
@@ -138,15 +137,11 @@ export class AudioSinkManager {
       );
       this.eventBus.analytics.publish(AnalyticsEventFactory.audioPlaybackError(ex));
       if (audioEl?.error?.code === MediaError.MEDIA_ERR_DECODE) {
-        // try to wait for main execution to complete first
-        this.removeAudioElement(audioEl, track);
-        await sleep(500);
-        await this.handleTrackAdd({ track, peer, callListener: false });
-        if (!this.state.autoplayFailed) {
-          this.eventBus.analytics.publish(
-            AnalyticsEventFactory.audioRecovered('Audio recovered after media decode error'),
-          );
-        }
+        await track.setVolume(0);
+        await track.setVolume(this.volume);
+        this.eventBus.analytics.publish(
+          AnalyticsEventFactory.audioRecovered('Audio recovered after media decode error'),
+        );
       }
     };
     track.setAudioElement(audioEl);