diff --git a/src/components/views/voip/AudioFeed.tsx b/src/components/views/voip/AudioFeed.tsx
index 3049d80c727..d6d1261343f 100644
--- a/src/components/views/voip/AudioFeed.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/voip/AudioFeed.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export default class AudioFeed extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         }
     };
 
-    private playMedia() {
+    private async playMedia() {
         const element = this.element.current;
         if (!element) return;
         this.onAudioOutputChanged(MediaDeviceHandler.getAudioOutput());
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default class AudioFeed extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             // should serialise the ones that need to be serialised but then be able to interrupt
             // them with another load() which will cancel the pending one, but since we don't call
             // load() explicitly, it shouldn't be a problem. - Dave
-            element.play();
+            await element.load();
         } catch (e) {
             logger.info("Failed to play media element with feed", this.props.feed, e);
         }
diff --git a/src/components/views/voip/VideoFeed.tsx b/src/components/views/voip/VideoFeed.tsx
index 1430a7974a9..4607b750eba 100644
--- a/src/components/views/voip/VideoFeed.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/voip/VideoFeed.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export default class VideoFeed extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         }
     }
 
-    private playMedia() {
+    private async playMedia() {
         const element = this.element;
         if (!element) return;
         // We play audio in AudioFeed, not here
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export default class VideoFeed extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             // should serialise the ones that need to be serialised but then be able to interrupt
             // them with another load() which will cancel the pending one, but since we don't call
             // load() explicitly, it shouldn't be a problem. - Dave
-            element.play();
+            await element.play();
         } catch (e) {
             logger.info("Failed to play media element with feed", this.props.feed, e);
         }