diff --git a/src/frontend-common/sdl_audio_stream.cpp b/src/frontend-common/sdl_audio_stream.cpp
index 252be4b57..490cdbc63 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/sdl_audio_stream.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend-common/sdl_audio_stream.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ bool SDLAudioStream::OpenDevice()
   spec.callback = AudioCallback;
   spec.userdata = static_cast<void*>(this);
 
-  SDL_AudioSpec obtained = {};
-  if (SDL_OpenAudio(&spec, &obtained) < 0)
+  if (SDL_OpenAudio(&spec, nullptr) < 0)
   {
     Log_ErrorPrintf("SDL_OpenAudio failed");
     return false;