diff --git a/Qt/QtMain.cpp b/Qt/QtMain.cpp
index f5a9300616c4..2baf523f8ed1 100644
--- a/Qt/QtMain.cpp
+++ b/Qt/QtMain.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void InitSDLAudioDevice() {
 	fmt.freq = 44100;
 	fmt.format = AUDIO_S16;
 	fmt.channels = 2;
-	fmt.samples = 1024;
+	fmt.samples = 256;
 	fmt.callback = &mixaudio;
 	fmt.userdata = nullptr;
 
diff --git a/SDL/SDLMain.cpp b/SDL/SDLMain.cpp
index 41586006986e..376bf8942716 100644
--- a/SDL/SDLMain.cpp
+++ b/SDL/SDLMain.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void InitSDLAudioDevice(const std::string &name = "") {
 	fmt.freq = 44100;
 	fmt.format = AUDIO_S16;
 	fmt.channels = 2;
-	fmt.samples = 1024;
+	fmt.samples = 256;
 	fmt.callback = &sdl_mixaudio_callback;
 	fmt.userdata = nullptr;