diff --git a/include/asterisk/audiohook.h b/include/asterisk/audiohook.h
index 516c59f6dbd9abe3ca0cb7dece609a1b04f8342f..1a4e4696a6a8e6d80ba4674d590b18a5aa76aad7 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/audiohook.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/audiohook.h
@@ -175,11 +175,12 @@ int ast_audiohook_attach(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_audiohook *audioho
  */
 int ast_audiohook_detach(struct ast_audiohook *audiohook);
 
-/*! \brief Detach audiohooks from list and destroy said list
- * \param audiohook_list List of audiohooks
- * \return Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure
+/*!
+ * \brief Detach audiohooks from list and destroy said list
+ * \param audiohook_list List of audiohooks (NULL tolerant)
+ * \return Nothing
  */
-int ast_audiohook_detach_list(struct ast_audiohook_list *audiohook_list);
+void ast_audiohook_detach_list(struct ast_audiohook_list *audiohook_list);
 
 /*! \brief Move an audiohook from one channel to a new one
  *
@@ -221,7 +222,9 @@ int ast_audiohook_detach_source(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *source);
 int ast_audiohook_remove(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_audiohook *audiohook);
 
 /*!
- * \brief determines if a audiohook_list is empty or not.
+ * \brief Determine if a audiohook_list is empty or not.
+ *
+ * \param audiohook Audiohook to check.  (NULL also means empty)
  *
  * retval 0 false, 1 true
  */
diff --git a/main/audiohook.c b/main/audiohook.c
index d46936223d7e76a25a3ab433ecf11ef1e00c4088..6e02946aa1cf75cf664c3d2b750e35894115c305 100644
--- a/main/audiohook.c
+++ b/main/audiohook.c
@@ -512,14 +512,14 @@ int ast_audiohook_detach(struct ast_audiohook *audiohook)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*! \brief Detach audiohooks from list and destroy said list
- * \param audiohook_list List of audiohooks
- * \return Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure
- */
-int ast_audiohook_detach_list(struct ast_audiohook_list *audiohook_list)
+void ast_audiohook_detach_list(struct ast_audiohook_list *audiohook_list)
 {
-	int i = 0;
-	struct ast_audiohook *audiohook = NULL;
+	int i;
+	struct ast_audiohook *audiohook;
+
+	if (!audiohook_list) {
+		return;
+	}
 
 	/* Drop any spies */
 	while ((audiohook = AST_LIST_REMOVE_HEAD(&audiohook_list->spy_list, list))) {
@@ -547,8 +547,6 @@ int ast_audiohook_detach_list(struct ast_audiohook_list *audiohook_list)
 
 	/* Free ourselves */
 	ast_free(audiohook_list);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /*! \brief find an audiohook based on its source
@@ -899,13 +897,10 @@ static struct ast_frame *audio_audiohook_write_list(struct ast_channel *chan, st
 
 int ast_audiohook_write_list_empty(struct ast_audiohook_list *audiohook_list)
 {
-	if (AST_LIST_EMPTY(&audiohook_list->spy_list) &&
-		AST_LIST_EMPTY(&audiohook_list->whisper_list) &&
-		AST_LIST_EMPTY(&audiohook_list->manipulate_list)) {
-
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return !audiohook_list
+		|| (AST_LIST_EMPTY(&audiohook_list->spy_list)
+			&& AST_LIST_EMPTY(&audiohook_list->whisper_list)
+			&& AST_LIST_EMPTY(&audiohook_list->manipulate_list));
 }
 
 /*! \brief Pass a frame off to be handled by the audiohook core
diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index f76d6a845b775dc050b18c1ee818573d8afa91c5..c5983199aa08452721109257bd7b696bb87b7836 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -2632,8 +2632,7 @@ void ast_set_hangupsource(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *source, int forc
 int ast_channel_has_audio_frame_or_monitor(struct ast_channel *chan)
 {
 	return ast_channel_monitor(chan)
-		|| (ast_channel_audiohooks(chan)
-			&& !ast_audiohook_write_list_empty(ast_channel_audiohooks(chan)))
+		|| !ast_audiohook_write_list_empty(ast_channel_audiohooks(chan))
 		|| !ast_framehook_list_contains_no_active(ast_channel_framehooks(chan));
 }