diff --git a/src/audio/directsound/SDL_directsound.c b/src/audio/directsound/SDL_directsound.c
index 3a097a3c4b..445d14a716 100644
--- a/src/audio/directsound/SDL_directsound.c
+++ b/src/audio/directsound/SDL_directsound.c
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ static bool DSOUND_OpenDevice(SDL_AudioDevice *device)
             tried_format = true;
 
             device->spec.format = test_format;
+            device->spec.freq = SDL_min(200000, device->spec.freq); // DirectSound has an arbitrary limit of 200,000Hz.
 
             // Update the fragment size as size in bytes
             SDL_UpdatedAudioDeviceFormat(device);