diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c504f037d..a37a98fce 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - Qt: Properly set default video recording settings
  - GBA Audio: Make larger buffer sizes than 2048 actually work properly
  - GBA Video: Fix blend issues with obscured middle layers
+ - Video: Ensure FFmpeg encoder has audio frames
 Misc:
  - Qt: Disable sync to video by default
  - GBA: Exit cleanly on FATAL if the port supports it
diff --git a/src/platform/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c b/src/platform/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
index 9e8734fe0..52f8f6806 100644
--- a/src/platform/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
+++ b/src/platform/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-encoder.c
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ bool FFmpegEncoderOpen(struct FFmpegEncoder* encoder, const char* outfile) {
 #else
 		encoder->audioFrame = avcodec_alloc_frame();
 #endif
+		if (!encoder->audio->frame_size) {
+			encoder->audio->frame_size = 1024;
+		}
 		encoder->audioFrame->nb_samples = encoder->audio->frame_size;
 		encoder->audioFrame->format = encoder->audio->sample_fmt;
 		encoder->audioFrame->pts = 0;