diff --git a/apps/voldisp/boot.js b/apps/voldisp/boot.js
index 349876d91..ef179d705 100644
--- a/apps/voldisp/boot.js
+++ b/apps/voldisp/boot.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     }
   };
 
-  let isWeHidingTheWidgets = false;
   let timeout;
   let onMusicVolume = (volPercent)=>{
     if (timeout) {clearTimeout(timeout);}
@@ -34,20 +33,15 @@
     if (Bangle.CLOCK) {
 
       let isAllWidgetsHidden = true;
-      if (!timeout) { // No need to do this if we already did it before and it wasn't undone. I.e. the timout to execute `goAway` never ran out.
-        if (global.WIDGETS) {
-          for (var w of global.WIDGETS) {
-            if (!w._draw) {
-              isAllWidgetsHidden = false;
-              break;
-            }
+      if (global.WIDGETS) {
+        for (var w of global.WIDGETS) {
+          if (!w._draw) {
+            isAllWidgetsHidden = false;
+            break;
           }
         }
-        if (!isAllWidgetsHidden) {
-          WIDGET_UTILS_HIDE();
-          isWeHidingTheWidgets = true; // Remember if it was we who hid the widgets between draws of the volume bar.
-        }
       }
+      if (!timeout) {WIDGET_UTILS_HIDE();}
       let barWidth = g.getWidth()*volPercent/100;
       g.
         setColor(0x0000).fillRect(0,0,g.getWidth(),24).
@@ -56,10 +50,9 @@
         drawString("volume",barWidth,1);
 
       let goAway = ()=>{
-        if (isWeHidingTheWidgets) {
+        if (!isAllWidgetsHidden) {
           g.reset().clearRect(0,0,g.getWidth(),24);
           WIDGET_UTILS_SHOW();
-          isWeHidingTheWidgets = false;
         } else if (Bangle.uiRedraw) {
           Bangle.uiRedraw();
         } else {