diff --git a/media-translation/translate_from_mic.js b/media-translation/translate_from_mic.js
index 73339c9290..1ea70744b4 100644
--- a/media-translation/translate_from_mic.js
+++ b/media-translation/translate_from_mic.js
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ function main(encoding, sampleRateHertz, sourceLanguage, targetLanguage) {
           streamingConfig: config,
           audioContent: chunk.toString('base64'),
         };
-        stream.write(request);
+        if (!stream.destroyed) {
+          stream.write(request);
+        }
       })
       .on('close', () => {
         doTranslationLoop();