diff --git a/audio/resampler.c b/audio/resampler.c
index 16114f8761..ea674e3819 100644
--- a/audio/resampler.c
+++ b/audio/resampler.c
@@ -50,20 +50,13 @@ static const rarch_resampler_t *find_resampler_driver(const char *ident)
       return backends[i];
    else
    {
-      const rarch_resampler_t *resamp;
       unsigned d;
       RARCH_ERR("Couldn't find any resampler driver named \"%s\"\n", ident);
       RARCH_LOG_OUTPUT("Available resampler drivers are:\n");
       for (d = 0; backends[d]; d++)
          RARCH_LOG_OUTPUT("\t%s\n", backends[d]->ident);
-      RARCH_WARN("Going to default to first resampler driver...\n");
-
-      resamp = (const rarch_resampler_t*)&backends[0];
-      
-      if (!resamp)
-         return NULL;
-
-      return resamp;
+      RARCH_WARN("Going to default to first resampler driver ...\n");
+      return backends[0];
    }
 }