diff --git a/sound/usb/endpoint.c b/sound/usb/endpoint.c
index c470251cea4b251269bcd3822f27d0e09e3cd1b2..a2931f49a1fca238b677b7061a878063107c1a78 100644
--- a/sound/usb/endpoint.c
+++ b/sound/usb/endpoint.c
@@ -632,8 +632,8 @@ static int data_ep_set_params(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep,
 	ep->stride = frame_bits >> 3;
 	ep->silence_value = pcm_format == SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U8 ? 0x80 : 0;
 
-	/* assume max. frequency is 25% higher than nominal */
-	ep->freqmax = ep->freqn + (ep->freqn >> 2);
+	/* assume max. frequency is 50% higher than nominal */
+	ep->freqmax = ep->freqn + (ep->freqn >> 1);
 	/* Round up freqmax to nearest integer in order to calculate maximum
 	 * packet size, which must represent a whole number of frames.
 	 * This is accomplished by adding 0x0.ffff before converting the