diff --git a/changelog/3455.fixed.md b/changelog/3455.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dba5838a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3455.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed an issue where user turn start strategies were not being reset after a user turn started, causing incorrect strategy behavior.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/turns/user_turn_controller.py b/src/pipecat/turns/user_turn_controller.py
index 56b6ad711..05cb46988 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/turns/user_turn_controller.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/turns/user_turn_controller.py
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ class UserTurnController(BaseObject):
         self._user_turn = True
         self._user_turn_stop_timeout_event.set()
 
+        # Reset all user turn start strategies to start fresh.
+        for s in self._user_turn_strategies.start or []:
+            await s.reset()
+
         await self._call_event_handler("on_user_turn_started", strategy, params)
 
     async def _trigger_user_turn_stop(
diff --git a/tests/test_user_turn_controller.py b/tests/test_user_turn_controller.py
index 67c1a7860..8aa509a8a 100644
--- a/tests/test_user_turn_controller.py
+++ b/tests/test_user_turn_controller.py
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ import asyncio
 import unittest
 
 from pipecat.frames.frames import (
+    BotStartedSpeakingFrame,
     TranscriptionFrame,
     UserStartedSpeakingFrame,
     UserStoppedSpeakingFrame,
     VADUserStartedSpeakingFrame,
     VADUserStoppedSpeakingFrame,
 )
+from pipecat.turns.user_start.min_words_user_turn_start_strategy import (
+    MinWordsUserTurnStartStrategy,
+)
 from pipecat.turns.user_turn_controller import UserTurnController
 from pipecat.turns.user_turn_strategies import ExternalUserTurnStrategies, UserTurnStrategies
 from pipecat.utils.asyncio.task_manager import TaskManager, TaskManagerParams
@@ -58,6 +62,46 @@ class TestUserTurnController(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(should_start)
         self.assertTrue(should_stop)
 
+    async def test_user_turn_start_reset(self):
+        controller = UserTurnController(
+            user_turn_strategies=UserTurnStrategies(
+                start=[MinWordsUserTurnStartStrategy(min_words=3)]
+            ),
+            user_turn_stop_timeout=USER_TURN_STOP_TIMEOUT,
+        )
+
+        await controller.setup(self.task_manager)
+
+        should_start = 0
+
+        @controller.event_handler("on_user_turn_started")
+        async def on_user_turn_started(controller, strategy, params):
+            nonlocal should_start
+            should_start += 1
+
+        await controller.process_frame(BotStartedSpeakingFrame())
+        await controller.process_frame(TranscriptionFrame(text="One", user_id="cat", timestamp=""))
+        self.assertEqual(should_start, 0)
+
+        await controller.process_frame(
+            TranscriptionFrame(text=" two three!", user_id="cat", timestamp="")
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(should_start, 1)
+
+        # Trigger user stop turn so we can trigger user start turn again.
+        await asyncio.sleep(USER_TURN_STOP_TIMEOUT + 0.1)
+
+        await controller.process_frame(BotStartedSpeakingFrame())
+        await controller.process_frame(
+            TranscriptionFrame(text="Hello", user_id="cat", timestamp="")
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(should_start, 1)
+
+        await controller.process_frame(
+            TranscriptionFrame(text=" there friend!", user_id="cat", timestamp="")
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(should_start, 2)
+
     async def test_user_turn_stop_timeout_no_transcription(self):
         controller = UserTurnController(
             user_turn_strategies=UserTurnStrategies(),