diff --git a/src/audio/pulseaudio/SDL_pulseaudio.c b/src/audio/pulseaudio/SDL_pulseaudio.c
index 4d618a6e2b..debcdf27d6 100644
--- a/src/audio/pulseaudio/SDL_pulseaudio.c
+++ b/src/audio/pulseaudio/SDL_pulseaudio.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static bool PULSEAUDIO_OpenDevice(SDL_AudioDevice *device)
                 if (!actual_bufattr) {
                     result = SDL_SetError("Could not determine connected PulseAudio stream's buffer attributes");
                 } else {
-                    device->buffer_size = (int) recording ? actual_bufattr->tlength : actual_bufattr->fragsize;
+                    device->buffer_size = (int) recording ? actual_bufattr->fragsize : actual_bufattr->tlength;
                     device->sample_frames = device->buffer_size / SDL_AUDIO_FRAMESIZE(device->spec);
                 }
             }