diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/kurento.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/kurento.js
index 4141f2a6633f03f7ab90c994e1f8d78833aae11d..587a2ae08cc20db302a65ab6cf49076fa20b4894 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/kurento.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/kurento.js
@@ -277,8 +277,16 @@ export default class KurentoAudioBridge extends BaseAudioBridge {
   }
 
   exitAudio() {
+    const mediaElement = document.getElementById(MEDIA_TAG);
+
     this.broker.stop();
     this.clearReconnectionTimeout();
+
+    if (mediaElement && typeof mediaElement.pause === 'function') {
+      mediaElement.pause();
+      mediaElement.srcObject = null;
+    }
+
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
 }