diff --git a/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp b/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp
index 0a80467b6bd7..afc5748ac59d 100644
--- a/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp
+++ b/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void AudioStreamPlayer2D::_notification(int p_what) {
 			if (autoplay && !Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint()) {
 				play();
 			}
-			set_stream_paused(false);
+			set_stream_paused(!can_process());
 		} break;
 
 		case NOTIFICATION_EXIT_TREE: {
diff --git a/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp b/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp
index 9f99b5ecbdf0..3971e615a175 100644
--- a/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void AudioStreamPlayer3D::_notification(int p_what) {
 			if (autoplay && !Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint()) {
 				play();
 			}
-			set_stream_paused(false);
+			set_stream_paused(!can_process());
 		} break;
 
 		case NOTIFICATION_EXIT_TREE: {
diff --git a/scene/audio/audio_stream_player.cpp b/scene/audio/audio_stream_player.cpp
index 7f6dfd0ab8b6..f3c986f9b388 100644
--- a/scene/audio/audio_stream_player.cpp
+++ b/scene/audio/audio_stream_player.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void AudioStreamPlayer::_notification(int p_what) {
 			if (autoplay && !Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint()) {
 				play();
 			}
-			set_stream_paused(false);
+			set_stream_paused(!can_process());
 		} break;
 
 		case NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_PROCESS: {