diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/audio/hwopus.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/audio/hwopus.cpp
index 783c395030..452de3a884 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/audio/hwopus.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/audio/hwopus.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "core/hle/ipc_helpers.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h"
 #include "core/hle/service/audio/hwopus.h"
+#include "core/settings.h"
 
 namespace Service::Audio {
 
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ void HwOpus::GetWorkBufferSize(Kernel::HLERequestContext& ctx) {
     u32 worker_buffer_sz = static_cast<u32>(WorkerBufferSize(channel_count));
     LOG_DEBUG(Audio, "called worker_buffer_sz={}", worker_buffer_sz);
 
+    if (Settings::values.sink_id == "null") {
+        worker_buffer_sz = 0;
+    }
+
     IPC::ResponseBuilder rb{ctx, 3};
     rb.Push(RESULT_SUCCESS);
     rb.Push<u32>(worker_buffer_sz);