diff --git a/lib/tasks/say.js b/lib/tasks/say.js
index 1dcad27c..091cf13b 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/say.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/say.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class TaskSay extends Task {
           }
           if (otelSpan) otelSpan.setAttributes({'tts.cached': servedFromCache});
           if (otelSpan) otelSpan.end();
-          if (!servedFromCache && rtt) {
+          if (!servedFromCache && rtt && !preCache) {
             this.notifyStatus({
               event: 'synthesized-audio',
               vendor,