diff --git a/dlls/winecoreaudio.drv/audio.c b/dlls/winecoreaudio.drv/audio.c
index 7f5f66a2e76..959de8b7e29 100644
--- a/dlls/winecoreaudio.drv/audio.c
+++ b/dlls/winecoreaudio.drv/audio.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,8 @@ static DWORD widOpen(WORD wDevID, LPWAVEOPENDESC lpDesc, DWORD dwFlags)
 
     if (lpDesc->lpFormat->wFormatTag != WAVE_FORMAT_PCM ||
         lpDesc->lpFormat->nChannels == 0 ||
-        lpDesc->lpFormat->nSamplesPerSec == 0
+        lpDesc->lpFormat->nSamplesPerSec == 0 ||
+        lpDesc->lpFormat->nSamplesPerSec != AudioUnit_GetInputDeviceSampleRate()
         )
     {
         WARN("Bad format: tag=%04X nChannels=%d nSamplesPerSec=%d wBitsPerSample=%d !\n",