diff --git a/src/room/useGroupCall.ts b/src/room/useGroupCall.ts
index 392445f4..b5916298 100644
--- a/src/room/useGroupCall.ts
+++ b/src/room/useGroupCall.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ export function useGroupCall(
     []
   );
 
+  const leaveCall = useCallback(() => {
+    groupCallOTelMembership?.onLeaveCall();
+    groupCall.leave();
+  }, [groupCall]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     // disable the media action keys, otherwise audio elements get paused when
     // the user presses media keys or unplugs headphones, etc.
@@ -394,12 +399,12 @@ export function useGroupCall(
         onParticipantsChanged
       );
       groupCall.removeListener(GroupCallEvent.Error, onError);
-      groupCall.leave();
+      leaveCall();
     };
-  }, [groupCall, updateState]);
+  }, [groupCall, updateState, leaveCall]);
 
   usePageUnload(() => {
-    groupCall.leave();
+    leaveCall();
   });
 
   const initLocalCallFeed = useCallback(
@@ -426,11 +431,6 @@ export function useGroupCall(
     groupCallOTelMembership?.onJoinCall();
   }, [groupCall, updateState]);
 
-  const leave = useCallback(() => {
-    groupCallOTelMembership?.onLeaveCall();
-    groupCall.leave();
-  }, [groupCall]);
-
   const toggleLocalVideoMuted = useCallback(() => {
     const toggleToMute = !groupCall.isLocalVideoMuted();
     groupCall.setLocalVideoMuted(toggleToMute);
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ export function useGroupCall(
     error,
     initLocalCallFeed,
     enter,
-    leave,
+    leave: leaveCall,
     toggleLocalVideoMuted,
     toggleMicrophoneMuted,
     toggleScreensharing,