diff --git a/examples/audio-queue-squarewave.rs b/examples/audio-queue-squarewave.rs
index 22d237bec8..781733e529 100644
--- a/examples/audio-queue-squarewave.rs
+++ b/examples/audio-queue-squarewave.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
 
     let target_bytes = 48_000 * 4;
     let wave = gen_wave(target_bytes);
-    device.queue(&wave);
+    device.queue(&wave)?;
     // Start playback
     device.resume();
 
diff --git a/src/sdl2/audio.rs b/src/sdl2/audio.rs
index 07dd6d3b7e..d5484e56f0 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/audio.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/audio.rs
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ impl<'a, Channel: AudioFormatNum> AudioQueue<Channel> {
 
     /// Adds data to the audio queue.
     #[doc(alias = "SDL_QueueAudio")]
-    pub fn queue(&self, data: &[Channel]) -> bool {
+    pub fn queue(&self, data: &[Channel]) -> Result<(), String> {
         let result = unsafe {
             sys::SDL_QueueAudio(
                 self.device_id.id(),
@@ -758,7 +758,11 @@ impl<'a, Channel: AudioFormatNum> AudioQueue<Channel> {
                 (data.len() * mem::size_of::<Channel>()) as u32,
             )
         };
-        result == 0
+        if result == 0 {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(get_error())
+        }
     }
 
     #[doc(alias = "SDL_GetQueuedAudioSize")]