diff --git a/src/audio/SDL_audio.c b/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
index d974ea4cef..112cb20e21 100644
--- a/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
+++ b/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
@@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ int SDL_InitAudio(const char *driver_name)
         SDL_QuitAudio(); // shutdown driver if already running.
     }
 
+    SDL_ChooseAudioConverters();
+    SDL_SetupAudioResampler();
+
     SDL_RWLock *device_list_lock = SDL_CreateRWLock();  // create this early, so if it fails we don't have to tear down the whole audio subsystem.
     if (!device_list_lock) {
         return -1;