diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/tone_producer_demo/ToneProducer.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/tone_producer_demo/ToneProducer.cpp
index 458aa6f280..1b9d505b3e 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/tone_producer_demo/ToneProducer.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/tone_producer_demo/ToneProducer.cpp
@@ -529,6 +529,8 @@ ToneProducer::LateNoticeReceived(const media_source& what, bigtime_t how_much, b
 			// that at the moment, so we try to start producing buffers earlier to
 			// compensate.
 			mInternalLatency += how_much;
+			if (mInternalLatency > 50000)
+				mInternalLatency = 50000;
 			SetEventLatency(mLatency + mInternalLatency);
 
 			FPRINTF(stderr, "\tincreasing latency to %Ld\n", mLatency + mInternalLatency);