diff --git a/src/sdlsound.cpp b/src/sdlsound.cpp
index a2252967b746c..327b4b341c508 100644
--- a/src/sdlsound.cpp
+++ b/src/sdlsound.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ bool init_sound()
     // We should only need to init once
     if( !sound_init_success ) {
         // Mix_OpenAudio returns non-zero if something went wrong trying to open the device
-        if( !Mix_OpenAudio( audio_rate, audio_format, audio_channels, audio_buffers ) ) {
+        if( !Mix_OpenAudioDevice( audio_rate, audio_format, audio_channels, audio_buffers, nullptr,
+                                  SDL_AUDIO_ALLOW_FREQUENCY_CHANGE ) ) {
             Mix_AllocateChannels( 128 );
             Mix_ReserveChannels( static_cast<int>( sfx::channel::MAX_CHANNEL ) );