diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9aa77e3b2..b712407cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed an issue where, in some edge cases, the `EmulateUserStartedSpeakingFrame`
   could be created even if we didn't have a transcription.
 
+- Fixed an issue in `GoogleLLMContext` where it would inject the
+  `system_message` as a "user" message into cases where it was not meant to;
+  it was only meant to do that when there were no "regular" (non-function-call)
+  messages in the context, to ensure that inference would run properly.
+
 ## [0.0.76] - 2025-07-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/google/llm.py b/src/pipecat/services/google/llm.py
index f0e74d2ce..54a7abb0d 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/google/llm.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/google/llm.py
@@ -627,9 +627,9 @@ class GoogleLLMContext(OpenAILLMContext):
         # Check if we only have function-related messages (no regular text)
         has_regular_messages = any(
             len(msg.parts) == 1
-            and not getattr(msg.parts[0], "text", None)
-            and getattr(msg.parts[0], "function_call", None)
-            and getattr(msg.parts[0], "function_response", None)
+            and getattr(msg.parts[0], "text", None)
+            and not getattr(msg.parts[0], "function_call", None)
+            and not getattr(msg.parts[0], "function_response", None)
             for msg in self._messages
         )