diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Sound/Sound.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Sound/Sound.cs
index 84362490e7..88a94e44c9 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Sound/Sound.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Sound/Sound.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public const int BlockAlign = BytesPerSample * ChannelCount;
 
 		private bool _disposed;
+		private bool _unjamSoundThrottle;
+
 		private readonly ISoundOutput _outputDevice;
 		private readonly SoundOutputProvider _outputProvider = new SoundOutputProvider(); // Buffer for Sync sources
 		private readonly BufferedAsync _bufferedAsync = new BufferedAsync(); // Buffer for Async sources
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			int silenceSamples = Math.Max(samplesNeeded - samplesPerFrame, 0);
 			_outputDevice.WriteSamples(new short[silenceSamples * 2], silenceSamples);
 			samplesNeeded -= silenceSamples;
+			_unjamSoundThrottle = isUnderrun;
 
 			if (isUnderrun)
 			{
@@ -163,7 +166,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					{
 						Thread.Sleep((samplesProvided - samplesNeeded) / (SampleRate / 1000)); // Let the audio clock control sleep time
 						samplesNeeded = _outputDevice.CalculateSamplesNeeded();
+						if (_unjamSoundThrottle)
+						{
+							//may be garbage, but what can we do?
+							samplesProvided = samplesNeeded;
+							break;
+						}
 					}
+					_unjamSoundThrottle = false;
 				}
 				else
 				{