--- res/res_speech.c.orig	2007-11-21 18:09:02.000000000 -0500
+++ res/res_speech.c	2010-02-22 16:50:14.000000000 -0500
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
 			/* We have our engine... removed it */
 			AST_RWLIST_REMOVE_CURRENT(list);
 			/* If this was the default engine, we need to pick a new one */
-			if (!default_engine)
+			if (engine == default_engine)
 				default_engine = AST_RWLIST_FIRST(&engines);
 			ast_verb(2, "Unregistered speech recognition engine '%s'\n", engine_name);
 			/* All went well */