diff --git a/Classes/Swift/Voip/ViewModels/ConferenceViewModel.swift b/Classes/Swift/Voip/ViewModels/ConferenceViewModel.swift
index 7dbd071d0..8d406f936 100644
--- a/Classes/Swift/Voip/ViewModels/ConferenceViewModel.swift
+++ b/Classes/Swift/Voip/ViewModels/ConferenceViewModel.swift
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class ConferenceViewModel {
 				Log.i("[Conference] \(conference) Participant \(participant) added")
 				self.updateParticipantsList(conference)
 				let count = self.conferenceParticipantDevices.value!.count
-				if (count > self.maxParticipantsForMosaicLayout) {
-					Log.w("[Conference] \(conference) More than \(self.maxParticipantsForMosaicLayout) participants \(count), forcing active speaker layout")
+				if (count > self.maxParticipantsForMosaicLayout && conference.currentParams?.videoEnabled == true && conference.call?.currentParams?.conferenceVideoLayout == .Grid) {
+					Log.w("[Conference] \(conference) More than \(self.maxParticipantsForMosaicLayout) participants \(count), forcing active speaker layout from Grid")
 					self.conferenceDisplayMode.value = .ActiveSpeaker
 					self.changeLayout(layout: .ActiveSpeaker)
 				}