diff --git a/source/games/exhumed/src/lighting.cpp b/source/games/exhumed/src/lighting.cpp
index fa817a397..d02d8dbde 100644
--- a/source/games/exhumed/src/lighting.cpp
+++ b/source/games/exhumed/src/lighting.cpp
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ void SetTorch(int nPlayer, int bTorchOnOff)
     }
 
     if (bTorch) {
-        PlayLocalSound(StaticSound[kSoundTorchOn], 0);
+        PlayLocalSound(StaticSound[kSoundTorchOn], 0, CHANF_UI);
     }
 
     const char* buf = bTorch ? "TXT_EX_TORCHLIT" : "TXT_EX_TORCHOUT";
diff --git a/source/games/exhumed/src/sound.cpp b/source/games/exhumed/src/sound.cpp
index a58ca962b..194b7fbfe 100644
--- a/source/games/exhumed/src/sound.cpp
+++ b/source/games/exhumed/src/sound.cpp
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ void PlayLocalSound(int nSound, int nRate, bool unattached, EChanFlags cflags)
     FSoundChan* chan;
     if (!unattached)
     {
+        if (!(cflags & CHANF_UI) && soundEngine->IsSourcePlayingSomething(SOURCE_None, nullptr, CHAN_BODY, nSound + 1)) return;
         soundEngine->StopSound(SOURCE_None, nullptr, CHAN_BODY);
         chan = soundEngine->StartSound(SOURCE_None, nullptr, nullptr, CHAN_BODY, cflags, nSound + 1, 1.f, ATTN_NONE, nullptr);
     }