A system for updating filter coefficients for use with an echo canceller, a related method for updating filter coefficients and an echo canceller including the system or the method. In one embodiment, the echo canceller has a nonadaptive filter and an adaptive filter, the nonadaptive filter having nonadaptive filter coefficients and configured to develop a nonadaptive error signal as a function of the nonadaptive filter coefficients, and the adaptive filter having adaptive filter coefficients and configured to develop an adaptive error signal as a function of the adaptive filter coefficients. The system includes a monitoring subsystem configured to monitor a quality of the nonadaptive and adaptive error signals and a selection subsystem configured to select one of the nonadaptive and adaptive filter coefficients for use by the nonadaptive filter based on the quality of the nonadaptive and adaptive error signals.