diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index cc61dde0b2..67cf9ea6cc 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -2303,6 +2303,13 @@ static int audio_decode_frame(VideoState *is)
         return -1;
 
     do {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        while (frame_queue_nb_remaining(&is->sampq) == 0) {
+            if ((av_gettime_relative() - audio_callback_time) > 1000000LL * is->audio_hw_buf_size / is->audio_tgt.bytes_per_sec / 2)
+                return -1;
+            av_usleep (1000);
+        }
+#endif
         if (!(af = frame_queue_peek_readable(&is->sampq)))
             return -1;
         frame_queue_next(&is->sampq);