diff --git a/libobs/obs-scene.c b/libobs/obs-scene.c
index 687da946c61da0836d79b0fcdfeaee01e5029db4..5a8a8e81cc878c3527e5115816d8566e2f3348a3 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-scene.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-scene.c
@@ -951,19 +951,12 @@ static uint32_t scene_getheight(void *data)
 }
 
 static void apply_scene_item_audio_actions(struct obs_scene_item *item,
-					   float **p_buf, uint64_t ts,
+					   float *buf, uint64_t ts,
 					   size_t sample_rate)
 {
 	bool cur_visible = item->visible;
 	uint64_t frame_num = 0;
 	size_t deref_count = 0;
-	float *buf = NULL;
-
-	if (p_buf) {
-		if (!*p_buf)
-			*p_buf = malloc(AUDIO_OUTPUT_FRAMES * sizeof(float));
-		buf = *p_buf;
-	}
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&item->actions_mutex);
 
@@ -1010,7 +1003,7 @@ static void apply_scene_item_audio_actions(struct obs_scene_item *item,
 	}
 }
 
-static bool apply_scene_item_volume(struct obs_scene_item *item, float **buf,
+static bool apply_scene_item_volume(struct obs_scene_item *item, float *buf,
 				    uint64_t ts, size_t sample_rate)
 {
 	bool actions_pending;
@@ -1074,7 +1067,7 @@ static bool scene_audio_render(void *data, uint64_t *ts_out,
 			       size_t sample_rate)
 {
 	uint64_t timestamp = 0;
-	float *buf = NULL;
+	float buf[AUDIO_OUTPUT_FRAMES];
 	struct obs_source_audio_mix child_audio;
 	struct obs_scene *scene = data;
 	struct obs_scene_item *item;
@@ -1113,7 +1106,7 @@ static bool scene_audio_render(void *data, uint64_t *ts_out,
 		size_t pos, count;
 		bool apply_buf;
 
-		apply_buf = apply_scene_item_volume(item, &buf, timestamp,
+		apply_buf = apply_scene_item_volume(item, buf, timestamp,
 						    sample_rate);
 
 		if (obs_source_audio_pending(item->source)) {
@@ -1159,7 +1152,6 @@ static bool scene_audio_render(void *data, uint64_t *ts_out,
 	*ts_out = timestamp;
 	audio_unlock(scene);
 
-	free(buf);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/libobs/obs-source.c b/libobs/obs-source.c
index 9aea45c73334b2f0bff44eec6fa6001f1b6f214d..b87a7eacb15b3017c8ecb91707cc4d6f34639505 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-source.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-source.c
@@ -4532,7 +4532,7 @@ static inline void apply_audio_action(obs_source_t *source,
 static void apply_audio_actions(obs_source_t *source, size_t channels,
 				size_t sample_rate)
 {
-	float *vol_data = malloc(sizeof(float) * AUDIO_OUTPUT_FRAMES);
+	float vol_data[AUDIO_OUTPUT_FRAMES];
 	float cur_vol = get_source_volume(source, source->audio_ts);
 	size_t frame_num = 0;
 
@@ -4573,8 +4573,6 @@ static void apply_audio_actions(obs_source_t *source, size_t channels,
 		if ((source->audio_mixers & (1 << mix)) != 0)
 			multiply_vol_data(source, mix, channels, vol_data);
 	}
-
-	free(vol_data);
 }
 
 static void apply_audio_volume(obs_source_t *source, uint32_t mixers,