diff --git a/dlls/dsound/buffer.c b/dlls/dsound/buffer.c
index c595b19dd63..9084ccd9928 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/buffer.c
+++ b/dlls/dsound/buffer.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,17 @@ void secondarybuffer_destroy(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *This)
     TRACE("(%p) released\n", This);
 }
 
+BOOL secondarybuffer_is_audible(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *This)
+{
+    UINT i;
+    for (i = 0; i < This->device->pwfx->nChannels; i++) {
+        if (This->volpan.dwTotalAmpFactor[i] != 0)
+            return TRUE;
+    }
+
+   return FALSE;
+}
+
 HRESULT IDirectSoundBufferImpl_Duplicate(
     DirectSoundDevice *device,
     IDirectSoundBufferImpl **ppdsb,
diff --git a/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h b/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h
index 9ec96504a50..18dc369db5c 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h
+++ b/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ HRESULT IDirectSoundBufferImpl_Duplicate(
     IDirectSoundBufferImpl **ppdsb,
     IDirectSoundBufferImpl *pdsb) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void secondarybuffer_destroy(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *This) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+BOOL secondarybuffer_is_audible(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *This) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern const IDirectSound3DListenerVtbl ds3dlvt DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern const IDirectSound3DBufferVtbl ds3dbvt DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern const IKsPropertySetVtbl iksbvt DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
diff --git a/dlls/dsound/mixer.c b/dlls/dsound/mixer.c
index e9d8a6e3cdd..d28cc8dc5aa 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/mixer.c
+++ b/dlls/dsound/mixer.c
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ static UINT cp_fields_noresample(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *dsb, UINT count)
     UINT committed_samples = 0;
     DWORD channel, i;
 
+    if (!secondarybuffer_is_audible(dsb))
+        return count;
+
     if(dsb->use_committed) {
         committed_samples = (dsb->writelead - dsb->committed_mixpos) / istride;
         committed_samples = committed_samples <= count ? committed_samples : count;
@@ -329,6 +332,11 @@ static UINT cp_fields_resample(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *dsb, UINT count, LONG64 *
     len += fir_cachesize;
     len *= sizeof(float);
 
+    *freqAccNum = freqAcc_end % dsb->freqAdjustDen;
+
+    if (!secondarybuffer_is_audible(dsb))
+        return max_ipos;
+
     if (!dsb->device->cp_buffer) {
         dsb->device->cp_buffer = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, len);
         dsb->device->cp_buffer_len = len;
@@ -386,8 +394,6 @@ static UINT cp_fields_resample(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *dsb, UINT count, LONG64 *
         }
     }
 
-    *freqAccNum = freqAcc_end % dsb->freqAdjustDen;
-
     return max_ipos;
 }
 
@@ -535,10 +541,12 @@ static DWORD DSOUND_MixInBuffer(IDirectSoundBufferImpl *dsb, float *mix_buffer,
 	DSOUND_MixToTemporary(dsb, frames);
 	ibuf = dsb->device->tmp_buffer;
 
-	/* Apply volume if needed */
-	DSOUND_MixerVol(dsb, frames);
+	if (secondarybuffer_is_audible(dsb)) {
+		/* Apply volume if needed */
+		DSOUND_MixerVol(dsb, frames);
 
-	mixieee32(ibuf, mix_buffer, frames * dsb->device->pwfx->nChannels);
+		mixieee32(ibuf, mix_buffer, frames * dsb->device->pwfx->nChannels);
+	}
 
 	/* check for notification positions */
 	if (dsb->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLPOSITIONNOTIFY &&