diff --git a/src/audio/SDL_audio.c b/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
index 4dc3cf2c4..7e874e193 100644
--- a/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
+++ b/src/audio/SDL_audio.c
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ SDL_RunAudio(void *devicep)
     while (!SDL_AtomicGet(&device->shutdown)) {
         /* Fill the current buffer with sound */
         if (!device->stream && SDL_AtomicGet(&device->enabled)) {
+            SDL_assert(device->spec.size == device->callbackspec.size);
             stream = current_audio.impl.GetDeviceBuf(device);
         } else {
             /* if the device isn't enabled, we still write to the