diff --git a/apps/app_mixmonitor.c b/apps/app_mixmonitor.c
index cfe40b01fc4777e3b4e0148379a2b4c3e4328b73..9c8ba0b35b55092d49b8870a283ff3519b75f4a5 100644
--- a/apps/app_mixmonitor.c
+++ b/apps/app_mixmonitor.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int mixmonitor_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (args.argc > 1 && args.options) {
+	if (args.options) {
 		char *opts[OPT_ARG_ARRAY_SIZE] = { NULL, };
 
 		ast_app_parse_options(mixmonitor_opts, &flags, opts, args.options);
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int mixmonitor_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 	ast_mkdir(tmp, 0777);
 
 	pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "MIXMONITOR_FILENAME", args.filename);
-	launch_monitor_thread(chan, args.filename, flags.flags, readvol, writevol, args.argc > 2 ? args.post_process : "");
+	launch_monitor_thread(chan, args.filename, flags.flags, readvol, writevol, args.post_process);
 
 	return 0;
 }