diff --git a/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp b/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
index e3b0191bb0..9f83b6289c 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void __AudioUpdate()
 	// Sleep here until the host audio hardware is ready to receive samples.
 	// This will effectively throttle the frame rate.
 
-	if (!noThrottle) {
+	if (!noThrottle && g_Config.bEnableSound) {
 		while (true)
 		{
 			if (outAudioQueue.size() < hwBlockSize * 4)
diff --git a/headless/Headless.cpp b/headless/Headless.cpp
index 497c4887e2..e33039e918 100644
--- a/headless/Headless.cpp
+++ b/headless/Headless.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
 	coreParameter.headLess = true;
 	coreParameter.printfEmuLog = true;
 
-	g_Config.bEnableSound = true;
+	g_Config.bEnableSound = false;
 	g_Config.bFirstRun = false;
 	g_Config.bIgnoreBadMemAccess = true;