diff --git a/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp b/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp
index a90f9af76..458e78be2 100644
--- a/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp
+++ b/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp
@@ -1457,6 +1457,15 @@ void prelogInit()
 	}
 }
 
+void stopSoundMngr()
+{
+	if (SoundMngr)
+	{
+		delete SoundMngr;
+		SoundMngr = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
 
 // ***************************************************************************
 void	initBotObjectSelection()
diff --git a/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp b/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp
index 4e09559a0..1ecb8bffd 100644
--- a/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp
+++ b/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 
 #include "game_share/bg_downloader_msg.h"
 
-#include "global.h"
 #include "login_patch.h"
 #include "login.h"
 #include "user_agent.h"
@@ -2593,7 +2592,7 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
-
+void stopSoundMngr();
 
 // ****************************************************************************
 void CPatchThread::processFile (CPatchManager::SFileToPatch &rFTP)
@@ -2606,11 +2605,10 @@ void CPatchThread::processFile (CPatchManager::SFileToPatch &rFTP)
 	// Destination File Name (in writable directory)
 	string DestinationName;
 
-	if (NLMISC::startsWith(rFTP.FileName, "sound") && SoundMngr)
+	if (NLMISC::startsWith(rFTP.FileName, "sound"))
 	{
 		// Stop sound playback
-		delete SoundMngr;
-		SoundMngr = NULL;
+		stopSoundMngr();
 	}
 
 	if (rFTP.ExtractPath.empty())
diff --git a/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp b/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp
index 9855a6b65..ce6375318 100644
--- a/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp
+++ b/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ void quitCrashReport()
 {
 }
 
+void stopSoundMngr()
+{
+}
+
 /// domain server version for patch
 string	R2ServerVersion;
 /// name of the version (used to alias many version under the same name),