diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp
index 1895cd2199..eefc62e346 100644
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ void OpenALStream::SoundLoop()
 				Core::RequestRefreshInfo();
 				rate = m_mixer->GetCurrentSpeed();
 			}
-			if (rate > 0)
+
+			// Place a lower limit of 10% speed.  When a game boots up, there will be
+			// many silence samples.  These do not need to be timestretched.
+			if (rate > 0.10)
 			{
 				// Adjust SETTING_SEQUENCE_MS to balance between lag vs hollow audio
 				soundTouch.setSetting(SETTING_SEQUENCE_MS, (int)(1 / (rate * rate)));
diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.h b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.h
index b342e0a49e..f325d6b63a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.h
+++ b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public:
 private:
 	std::thread thread;
 	Common::Event soundSyncEvent;
-	Common::Event mainSyncEvent;
 
 	short realtimeBuffer[OAL_MAX_SAMPLES * 2];
 	soundtouch::SAMPLETYPE sampleBuffer[OAL_MAX_SAMPLES * SIZE_FLOAT * SURROUND_CHANNELS * OAL_NUM_BUFFERS];