diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index 22c36d6660..dad17e59b8 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void audio_pcm_sw_resample_in(SWVoiceIn *sw,
 static size_t audio_pcm_sw_read(SWVoiceIn *sw, void *buf, size_t buf_len)
 {
     HWVoiceIn *hw = sw->hw;
-    size_t live, frames_out_max, swlim, total_in, total_out;
+    size_t live, frames_out_max, total_in, total_out;
 
     live = hw->total_samples_captured - sw->total_hw_samples_acquired;
     if (!live) {
@@ -590,12 +590,10 @@ static size_t audio_pcm_sw_read(SWVoiceIn *sw, void *buf, size_t buf_len)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    frames_out_max = buf_len / sw->info.bytes_per_frame;
+    frames_out_max = MIN(buf_len / sw->info.bytes_per_frame,
+                         sw->resample_buf.size);
 
-    swlim = (live * sw->ratio) >> 32;
-    swlim = MIN(swlim, frames_out_max);
-
-    audio_pcm_sw_resample_in(sw, live, swlim, &total_in, &total_out);
+    audio_pcm_sw_resample_in(sw, live, frames_out_max, &total_in, &total_out);
 
     if (!hw->pcm_ops->volume_in) {
         mixeng_volume(sw->resample_buf.buffer, total_out, &sw->vol);
@@ -979,18 +977,6 @@ void AUD_set_active_in (SWVoiceIn *sw, int on)
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * audio_frontend_frames_in() - returns the number of frames the resampling
- * code generates from frames_in frames
- *
- * @sw: audio recording frontend
- * @frames_in: number of frames
- */
-static size_t audio_frontend_frames_in(SWVoiceIn *sw, size_t frames_in)
-{
-    return (int64_t)frames_in * sw->ratio >> 32;
-}
-
 static size_t audio_get_avail (SWVoiceIn *sw)
 {
     size_t live;
@@ -1007,9 +993,9 @@ static size_t audio_get_avail (SWVoiceIn *sw)
     }
 
     ldebug (
-        "%s: get_avail live %zu frontend frames %zu\n",
+        "%s: get_avail live %zu frontend frames %u\n",
         SW_NAME (sw),
-        live, audio_frontend_frames_in(sw, live)
+        live, st_rate_frames_out(sw->rate, live)
         );
 
     return live;
@@ -1314,8 +1300,9 @@ static void audio_run_in (AudioState *s)
                 size_t sw_avail = audio_get_avail(sw);
                 size_t avail;
 
-                avail = audio_frontend_frames_in(sw, sw_avail);
+                avail = st_rate_frames_out(sw->rate, sw_avail);
                 if (avail > 0) {
+                    avail = MIN(avail, sw->resample_buf.size);
                     sw->callback.fn(sw->callback.opaque,
                                     avail * sw->info.bytes_per_frame);
                 }
diff --git a/audio/mixeng.c b/audio/mixeng.c
index a24c8c45a7..69f6549224 100644
--- a/audio/mixeng.c
+++ b/audio/mixeng.c
@@ -440,6 +440,47 @@ void st_rate_stop (void *opaque)
     g_free (opaque);
 }
 
+/**
+ * st_rate_frames_out() - returns the number of frames the resampling code
+ * generates from frames_in frames
+ *
+ * @opaque: pointer to struct rate
+ * @frames_in: number of frames
+ *
+ * When upsampling, there may be more than one correct result. In this case,
+ * the function returns the maximum number of output frames the resampling
+ * code can generate.
+ */
+uint32_t st_rate_frames_out(void *opaque, uint32_t frames_in)
+{
+    struct rate *rate = opaque;
+    uint64_t opos_end, opos_delta;
+    uint32_t ipos_end;
+    uint32_t frames_out;
+
+    if (rate->opos_inc == 1ULL << 32) {
+        return frames_in;
+    }
+
+    /* no output frame without at least one input frame */
+    if (!frames_in) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* last frame read was at rate->ipos - 1 */
+    ipos_end = rate->ipos - 1 + frames_in;
+    opos_end = (uint64_t)ipos_end << 32;
+
+    /* last frame written was at rate->opos - rate->opos_inc */
+    if (opos_end + rate->opos_inc <= rate->opos) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    opos_delta = opos_end - rate->opos + rate->opos_inc;
+    frames_out = opos_delta / rate->opos_inc;
+
+    return opos_delta % rate->opos_inc ? frames_out : frames_out - 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * st_rate_frames_in() - returns the number of frames needed to
  * get frames_out frames after resampling
diff --git a/audio/mixeng.h b/audio/mixeng.h
index 64c1e231cc..f9de7cffeb 100644
--- a/audio/mixeng.h
+++ b/audio/mixeng.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ void st_rate_flow(void *opaque, st_sample *ibuf, st_sample *obuf,
 void st_rate_flow_mix(void *opaque, st_sample *ibuf, st_sample *obuf,
                       size_t *isamp, size_t *osamp);
 void st_rate_stop (void *opaque);
+uint32_t st_rate_frames_out(void *opaque, uint32_t frames_in);
 uint32_t st_rate_frames_in(void *opaque, uint32_t frames_out);
 void mixeng_clear (struct st_sample *buf, int len);
 void mixeng_volume (struct st_sample *buf, int len, struct mixeng_volume *vol);