diff --git a/dlls/mciwave/mciwave.c b/dlls/mciwave/mciwave.c
index 7d2d186390a..d15603b4d14 100644
--- a/dlls/mciwave/mciwave.c
+++ b/dlls/mciwave/mciwave.c
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ static	DWORD WAVE_mciDefaultFmt(WINE_MCIWAVE* wmw)
 
     wmw->lpWaveFormat->wFormatTag = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM;
     wmw->lpWaveFormat->nChannels = 1;
-    wmw->lpWaveFormat->nSamplesPerSec = 44000;
-    wmw->lpWaveFormat->nAvgBytesPerSec = 44000;
+    wmw->lpWaveFormat->nSamplesPerSec = 11025;
+    wmw->lpWaveFormat->nAvgBytesPerSec = 11025;
     wmw->lpWaveFormat->nBlockAlign = 1;
     wmw->lpWaveFormat->wBitsPerSample = 8;