diff --git a/src/outputs.c b/src/outputs.c
index a4aa9425..b4ae0737 100644
--- a/src/outputs.c
+++ b/src/outputs.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ outputs_device_get(uint64_t device_id)
 	return device;
     }
 
-  DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_PLAYER, "Output device with id %" PRIu64 " has disappeared from our list\n", device_id);
+  DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_PLAYER, "Output device with id %" PRIu64 " is not in our list\n", device_id);
   return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/player.c b/src/player.c
index cb989966..8b77c254 100644
--- a/src/player.c
+++ b/src/player.c
@@ -2683,6 +2683,10 @@ speaker_set(void *arg, int *retval)
   // why we want to provide a max_volume.
   max_volume = (player_state != PLAY_STOPPED) ? outputs_volume_get() : -1;
 
+  // Log a warning via outputs_device_get() if a speaker doesn't exist
+  for (i = 1; i <= nspk; i++)
+    outputs_device_get(ids[i]);
+
   for (device = outputs_list(); device; device = device->next)
     {
       for (i = 1; i <= nspk; i++)