From 52865dfa99fa589f95c99503515c24537e35dd8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:52:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Clear the connected flag when potentially reconnecting the
 player

Fix #5953
---
 discord/voice_client.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/discord/voice_client.py b/discord/voice_client.py
index c97cbabb6efc..675fdae948ac 100644
--- a/discord/voice_client.py
+++ b/discord/voice_client.py
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ async def connect(self, *, reconnect, timeout):
             self._runner = self.loop.create_task(self.poll_voice_ws(reconnect))
 
     async def potential_reconnect(self):
+        # Attempt to stop the player thread from playing early
+        self._connected.clear()
         self.prepare_handshake()
         self._potentially_reconnecting = True
         try: