diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index af4cdf60e7966283130cc725a6dfeafbda5ad934..b3db67979d4ab8f0f5376dc2e6b0b429215718be 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,8 @@ static int audio_is_timer_needed (void)
 static void audio_reset_timer (AudioState *s)
 {
     if (audio_is_timer_needed ()) {
-        timer_mod (s->ts, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) + 1);
+        timer_mod (s->ts,
+            qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) + conf.period.ticks);
     }
     else {
         timer_del (s->ts);