diff --git a/audio/out/ao_alsa.c b/audio/out/ao_alsa.c
index 35cae353d9..1bf6015c78 100644
--- a/audio/out/ao_alsa.c
+++ b/audio/out/ao_alsa.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static bool recover_and_get_state(struct ao *ao, struct mp_pcm_state *state)
     // Give it a number of chances to recover. This tries to deal with the fact
     // that the API is asynchronous, and to account for some past cargo-cult
     // (where things were retried in a loop).
-    for (int n = 0; n < 10; n++) {
+    for (int n = 0; n <= 10; n++) {
         err = snd_pcm_status(p->alsa, st);
         if (err == -EPIPE) {
             // ALSA APIs can return -EPIPE when an XRUN happens,
@@ -943,6 +943,9 @@ static bool recover_and_get_state(struct ao *ao, struct mp_pcm_state *state)
             pcmst = snd_pcm_status_get_state(st);
         }
 
+        if (n == 10)
+            pcmst = SND_PCM_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
+
         if (pcmst == SND_PCM_STATE_PREPARED ||
             pcmst == SND_PCM_STATE_RUNNING ||
             pcmst == SND_PCM_STATE_PAUSED)