diff --git a/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.android.cs b/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.android.cs
index e6df35c7..6258be3e 100644
--- a/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.android.cs
+++ b/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.android.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ namespace Xamarin.Essentials
             if (tcsUtterances?.Task != null)
                 await tcsUtterances.Task;
 
+            tcsUtterances = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+
             if (cancelToken != null)
             {
                 cancelToken.Register(() =>
@@ -150,7 +152,6 @@ namespace Xamarin.Essentials
             var parts = text.SplitSpeak(max);
 
             numExpectedUtterances = parts.Count;
-            tcsUtterances = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
 
             var guid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();