diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 7286a7bd60..92fc41d8b7 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ static int messagecount(const char *context, const char *mailbox, const char *fo
 	}
 
 	if (!vms_p) {
-		create_vm_state_from_user(vmu);
+		vms_p = create_vm_state_from_user(vmu);
 	}
 	ret = init_mailstream(vms_p, fold);
 	if (!vms_p->mailstream) {