diff --git a/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp b/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
index 62d8a777..89a8e41d 100644
--- a/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
+++ b/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ bool BLECharacteristic::broadcast()
     if (BLEDeviceManager::instance()->advertising())
     {
         BLEDeviceManager::instance()->stopAdvertising();
-        BLEDeviceManager::instance()->startAdvertising();
     }
+    BLEDeviceManager::instance()->startAdvertising();
     return _broadcast;
 }