diff --git a/src/audio/SDL_audio.c b/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
index 1ec7b854e..ea1139720 100644
--- a/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
+++ b/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ int SDL_SetAudioPostmixCallback(SDL_AudioDeviceID devid, SDL_AudioPostmixCallbac
     int retval = 0;
     if (logdev) {
         SDL_AudioDevice *device = logdev->physical_device;
-        if (!device->postmix_buffer) {
+        if (callback && !device->postmix_buffer) {
             device->postmix_buffer = (float *)SDL_aligned_alloc(SDL_SIMDGetAlignment(), device->work_buffer_size);
             if (device->mix_buffer == NULL) {
                 retval = SDL_OutOfMemory();