diff --git a/src/core/hle/DSOUND/DirectSound/DirectSound.cpp b/src/core/hle/DSOUND/DirectSound/DirectSound.cpp
index 6b6aa5187..a2c134e55 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/DSOUND/DirectSound/DirectSound.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/DSOUND/DirectSound/DirectSound.cpp
@@ -525,9 +525,10 @@ static void dsound_thread_worker(LPVOID nullPtr)
 {
 	SetThreadAffinityMask(GetCurrentThread(), g_CPUOthers);
 
-    while (true) {
-		Sleep(0);
-        DSoundMutexGuardLock;
+    while (true) {
+		Sleep(1);
+
+        DSoundMutexGuardLock;
 
         vector_ds_stream::iterator ppDSStream = g_pDSoundStreamCache.begin();
         for (; ppDSStream != g_pDSoundStreamCache.end(); ppDSStream++) {