diff --git a/python-api-examples/two-pass-speech-recognition-from-microphone.py b/python-api-examples/two-pass-speech-recognition-from-microphone.py
index 7d5017f58..aa2245c5c 100755
--- a/python-api-examples/two-pass-speech-recognition-from-microphone.py
+++ b/python-api-examples/two-pass-speech-recognition-from-microphone.py
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ def main():
                     )
                     print("\r{}:{}".format(segment_id, result), flush=True)
                     segment_id += 1
+                else:
                     sample_buffers = []
 
                 first_recognizer.reset(stream)